4Real - Season 1

8 episodes

Episodes

1. 4Real Yawanawa

Host Sol Guy takes Academy Award Nominated Actor Joaquin Phoenix into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest to meet indigenous leaders Tashka and Laura Yawanawa. Tashka and Laura’s fight for their land and their focus on their economy and traditions have empowered the Yawanawa people and brought them back from the brink of cultural extinction. Sol and Joaquin take a ride on single engine planes and tiny motorboats deep into the Brazilian Amazon where they learn about the history and traditions of the vibrant Yawanawa community.

2. 4Real City of God

Host Sol Guy takes rap superstar and A-list actor Mos Def to meet Brazilian hip hop heavyweight MV Bill. Born and raised in the infamous City of God, MV Bill uses his talent and influence to empower the children of Brazil’s favelas (slums). He has dedicated himself to documenting the lives of children caught in Brazil’s brutal drug trafficking trade and helped establish CUFA, a community organization that focuses on providing alternatives for children living in favelas. The adventure takes Mos Def and Sol to Brazil’s biggest hip hop festival, into the heart of the City of God, and onto the stage where Mos and MV perform together for thousands of Brazilian hip hop fans.

3. 4Real Liberia

Host Sol Guy takes international music sensation M.I.A. to post-war Liberia to meet child rights advocate Kimmie Weeks. Weeks is the founder of Youth Action International, an organization that is helping to alleviate the suffering of children affected by war and empowering them to reach their full potential. Kimmie’s group provides educational opportunities and employment, and is building some of the first playgrounds in post-war Liberia, among other projects. The adventure goes from a visit with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the front lines of Youth Action International’s projects to a dance party in a Monrovian neighborhood.

4. 4Real Kenya

Host Sol Guy takes international hip hop star K’NAAN to Kibera, the largest slum in East Africa, to connect with local hero Salim Mohamed. Salim helped found Carolina for Kibera, an organization that focuses on community empowerment. Salim takes Sol and K’NAAN into the heart of Kibera where he shows them Carolina for Kibera’s medical clinic and the community development soccer program he coordinates for over 4,000 kids. During the adventure, K’NAAN and Sol find beauty and dignity in the most unsuspecting place and they are forever changed by Salim’s incredible spirit.

5. 4Real Peru

Actress Cameron Diaz and Sol Guy trek high into the Andes mountains of Peru where young medicine man, Puma Singona, of the Quechua tribe, is keeping his people’s ncient traditions and wisdom alive. At 27, Puma sits on a council of elders, runs a youth cultural group, and is recognized worldwide for his healing powers.

6. 4Real Vancouver

Sol Guy brings actress Eva Mendes to his hometown to meet community advocate Liz Evans and the Portland Hotel Society. Liz and her staff are on the frontlines of lending dignity and stability to the lives of the people living in Vancouver’s downtown eastside, a neighborhood rife with homelessness, addiction and disease.

7. 4Real Pawnee

Sol Guy takes actor Casey Affleck to the Pawnee Nation reservation in Oklahoma to meet Native leader Crystal Echohawk and her NVision crew. NVision, a collective of Native men and women, uses hip hop, popular culture, film and visual and performing arts to create a dialogue with Native youth and inspire them to succeed.

8. 4Real Haiti

In the hills of Haiti, Flea, bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Sol Guy meet rural health aide, Camseuze Moise, who provides medical care and health education to thousands of people. Sol and Flea join Camseuze as she travels to villages across the countryside, educating, empowering and saving lives.