Eight Billion Lives
Everyone has a story. Watch a day in the life of people from all over the world.
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8 Billion Lives celebrates the diversity of individuals through short documentary films that capture the “day in the life” of real people from all over the world.
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Wesley Pentz / Los Angeles, CA, USA
By Wing-Yee Wu
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Shigekazu Yamazaki / Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
By Ema Ryan
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Mirishi Ngaya / Losinoni Village, Tanzania
By Ashley Shuyler
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Wesley Pentz
DJ, producer, musician / Los Angeles, CA, USA
Shigekazu Yamazaki
Lifelong Learner / Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -
Ye'absira Tessema
Slum Dweller / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Quinn K. Rallins
Community Organizer / Brockton, MA, USA -
David Burke
'Celebrity' Chef / New York, NY
Emily Doubilet
Entrepreneur, Dancer / Brooklyn, NY, USA -
Micah Jesse
Celebrity Blogger / New York, NY, USA
Lillian
First Grader / Nokesville, VA, USA -
Steve Liss
TIME Magazine Photojournalist / Chicago, IL, USA
Chris Ries a.k.a. Young Chris
Hip-Hop Artist / Philadelphia, PA, USA -
Dan Choi
Gay Rights Activist / New York, NY, USA
Daniel Peck Wilson
Non-Profit Worker, Drummer / New York, NY, USA -
Brian Lantier
Business School Student / Boston, MA, USA
Mirishi Ngaya
Student / Losinoni Village, Tanzania -
Ifti Nasim
Islamic Poet, Activist / Chicago, IL, USA
JoAnna Beckson
Actress, Acting Coach / New York, NY, USA -
Amy Miller
Buddhist Nun / Barnet, VT, USA
Victor Santiago Pineda
Disabled Activist / Dubai, UAE
msmlska on Wesley Pentz
love it @5:45 from diplo: “…the same critics that i had when i was an anthropology student just kinda...
LivingAudio on Wesley Pentz
Thank you for making this 
its in sightful and true to what being a Dj is like. Awesome!
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Alice Elliott on Victor Santiago Pineda
You are really on the front lines, as always. Doing and thinking about issues. You have given a real...