Watch The Entrepreneurs

Shot by the Academy Award-winning director of Born into Brothels, The Entrepreneurs follows a group of young women in rural Zambia taking their first steps toward economic independence. At the heart of the documentary are four adolescent girls who struggle to transcend backgrounds of hardship to become the youngest entrepreneurs in their communities. This uplifting documentary profiles young women participants Florence, Esnart, Ng'andwe and Precious as they embark on five months of intensive training. Like all the young women in the course, they come from backgrounds of extreme rural poverty, and many suffered from the loss of one or both of their parents. But with courage and determination these young women defy the odds and establish their own successful businesses. From a furniture store to a pre-school for vulnerable children, The Entrepreneurs prove that anything is possible.