Living in the world’s tallest slum - the "Tower of David"

Get short URL

For some people, the so-called ‘Tower of David’ is just an unfinished skyscraper. For others, it’s an asylum for robbers and murderers. About 800 families call this place home. RTD presents a film about people that live in this tower.

Subscribe to get stories the mainstream media ignores: Follow RTD's Instagram

Watch film

Please rate this trailer

6.00

(1 users)

Published: 05 July 2015 00:00 View: 5

Duration

0:40

Director

Alexander Avilov

Author

Vitaly Buzuev

What do you think?

comments powered by HyperComments

DON'T MISS

49:30

8259

07 October 2016 00:00

Society

The Shegué, the Sorcerer and Che Guevara. Saving the Congo's 'witch kids'
27:18

7490

06 March 2017 00:00

Society

FavelaLive. Rio’s Children, caught between football, drugs and police brutality
27:37

3276

26 April 2017 00:00

Society

Granny Fight Club. Africa’s rape victims are learning to fight back.
26:04

12269

12 February 2016 00:00

Society

SOS: Sold Out Slaves. Kenya's growing child prostitution crisis
26:05

12746

04 March 2019 11:10

Crime and Terrorism

Machete Boys of Congo. Kulunas: Inside the brutal world of youth gangs
25:38

1142

02 October 2017 00:00

Society

Congo: Cycle of life. Cycling club gives youth hope amid poverty & violence
27:27

3506

06 June 2018 00:00

Lifestyle

Green Citadels. Explore the advantages & oddities of eco-friendly earthships with sustainability pioneers
27:17

10379

15 November 2019 00:59

Lifestyle

Armageddon Ready. The All-American race to get the swankiest survival shelter
52:14

1798

30 January 2015 00:00

Human Rights

Argentina's Stolen Children. Grandmothers search for the babies of the military dictatorship victims
25:31

7071

29 March 2017 00:00

Lifestyle

The Good, The Bad and the Loco. Bolivia’s female wrestlers in national costume
51:24

6011

03 October 2016 00:00

Military and War

Fine Art of ReConciliation. Colombia’s rebel women: beauty, babies and battle in the rainforest
52:14

36495

21 April 2017 00:00

Personalities

Escobar's Hitman. Former drug-gang killer, now loved and loathed in Colombia
49:16

6739

11 March 2016 00:00

Human Rights

Salam Alaikum Sweden. Testing the limits of Swedish generosity
51:37

3893

25 September 2019 11:52

Arts and Culture

Bolshoi: Pas-de-Brazil. Brazil’s Bolshoi Theatre School turns favela kids into ballet stars
26:31

1498

29 July 2019 13:32

Society

Skid Row. Exposing homelessness disaster in Los Angeles
25:38

866

22 December 2014 00:00

Society

The Passengers. An old trolleybus becomes a shelter for the homeless
26:43

784

17 January 2018 00:00

Human Rights

Undermined. Bolivia’s child workers: Breadwinners or exploited kids
49:11

46081

25 May 2016 00:00

Society

Fallen Angels. True cost of sex tourism: Philippine’s fatherless kids
52:00

9029

05 July 2017 00:00

Society

Congo, My Precious. The curse of the 'conflict minerals' in Congo
26:05

5719

10 June 2019 00:57

Politics

Apples of Discord. Sanctions bite back - EU Farmers struggle after losing Russian market

Living in the world’s tallest slum - the "Tower of David"

What do you think?

VIEWER’S CHOICE: 1,000,000 VIEWS AND MORE