Documentaries + Journalism

 

THE TRAPPED 13: HOW WE SURVIVED THE THAI CAVE

The Trapped 13 features the boys and their coach’s account of the famous Thai cave rescue effort. It is the only documentary that emphasizes the boy’s psychological journey and physical endurance. It shows the world that they too were part of the miracle. The film is nominated for an Emmy in the News and Documentary category. This is my second feature-length documentary that I produced and directed.

Hope Frozen | A feature Documentary film

HOPE FROZEN is my first feature-length documentary as director, the first film from Thailand to win an International Emmy and one of the first Thai Netflix Original documentaries. It’s about a Thai-Buddhist-scientist family who decided to cryopreserve their two-year-old daughter’s brain after she died. It’s about life, death, faith and love and how technology is redefining our very existence. It screened at more than twenty festivals worldwide and won BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE at HotDocs in Toronto (qualifying it for the OSCARS) among other awards at film festivals in the Netherlands, China, Uruguay and Peru. Please follow us on Facebook .


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THAILAND’S CANNABIS REVOLUTION

Once a country with one of the harshest drug laws, Thailand is leading the way in Asia in liberalizing Cannabis restrictions. The film looks into how it’s working out.

Asia’s Meth Boom| 101 East Documentary

Investigating why Myanmar has become the world's biggest meth producer, driving a meth explosion in the region.

Role: Reporter and Director

Publication: 101 East Al Jazeera


South Korea's gender war| 101 East Documentary

In Korea, the murder of a young woman in the affluent Gangnam district has ignited a vicious public debate about the country's entrenched misogyny.

Feminists blamed Korea's gender inequality and took to the streets which sparked counter protests from men's rights defenders who felt men were unfairly attacked.

This debate intensified online where feminists mirror the name-calling men direct at them. But these tactics only made the men angrier. And for some, this online conflict has painful real-life consequences.

Role: Reporter and Director

Publication: 101 East Al Jazeera English


Why headhunters turn to Christianity? | National Geographic

Some of the last surviving Naga headhunters describe how they once killed members of other tribes, a practice that ended when they converted to Christianity. Today these men are elderly, and their region in northern India, Nagaland, has a higher percentage of Baptists than the state of Mississippi.

Role: Videographer and field producer

Publication: nationalgeographic.com

Original Link: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/150824-nagaland-headhunters


Myanmar: Free and Fair?| 101 EAST documentary

Just four years ago Myanmar released hundreds of political prisoners and promised to embrace democratic reforms. But once again the number of students, activists and journalists jailed is rising. Reporter Pailin Wedel follows two women activists faced with persecution even as Myanmar prepares for the polls.

Role: Reporter/Presenter

Publication: 101 East, Al Jazeera English

Original Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHRJ5YzDrE


Muslims Sidelined in Myanmar's Elections| The New York times

As Myanmar counts votes in its first free elections in 25 years, the Muslim minority, including the Rohingya, remains unrepresented, and for some, disenfranchised.

Role: Videographer, producer

Publication: The New York Times

Original Link: http://nyti.ms/1RS0VMl


These Huge Rats Can Sniff Out Land Mines | National Geographic

A group in Cambodia is using Gambian giant rats to find the nearly two million land mines spread out across the country. These UXOs (unexploded ordnances) injure hundreds of people every year. The rats are adept at sniffing out TNT and pointing their human companions to where the danger lies. The rodents don't set off the mines because they're too light, and they can clear a hundred-square-meter area in under 30 minutes, much faster than a human can. 

Role: Videographer and editor

Publication: National Geographic

Original Link: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/151007-cambodia-rats-land-mines-sniff-vin


Tainted Robes | 101 EAST documentary

A Youtube video of a Thai monk in a private jet wearing designer shades and toting Louis vuitton luggage made headlines worldwide last year. The documentary examines why there appears to be a rise in scandalous monks in the media and what Thailand's doing about it. 

Role: Reporter/Presenter

Publication: 101 East, Al Jazeera English

Original Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2014/12/thailand-tainted-robes-2014121710360199852.html


Monocle Bangkok Travel Guide | Monocle

Bangkok is a city both liberal and traditional, where outsiders are always welcome but few can gain a true understanding of the capital’s intricacies. The Monocle Travel Guide to Bangkok will steer you to our favorite hotels and retailers, lesser-known neighbourhoods, tasty restaurants and street-side bars where Bangkok’s bright young things party until the early hours.

Role: Videographer, Editor, Producer

Publication: 101 East

Original Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9v-zRWctLM


The Vanishing Sea Tribe | 101 EAST Documentary

The 2004 tsunami swept away a quarter million lives. But the Moken, a seafaring people in Thailand's islands, foresaw the disaster.  On one island, not a single Moken perished. After the tsunami, international aid poured in. Suddenly, new houses, schools and even a Moken museum appeared. But this injection of modernity has brought promise and peril. Moken youth now reject their culture. Overfishing has drained seas of species Moken hunt with spears. Lands they used to inhabit during the monsoon are pried away from them in court. Ten years on, 101 East asks if the traditions that saved the Moken are being abandoned?

Role: Reporter/Presenter

Publication: 101 East, Al Jazeera English

Original Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2014/03/vanishing-sea-tribe-201431191014701721.html


Myanmar's Jade Curse | 101 EAST Documentary

China's jade obsession drives a multi-billion dollar black market that fuels a drug-infested jade mining industry.

Role: Producer

Publication: 101 East, Al Jazeera English

Original link: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2014/11/myanmar-jade-curse-201411249233318531.html


Myanmar Government Mouthpiece | Monocle

Once a government mouthpiece, Myanmar's MRTV is trying to convert into a public television station. But how much are they prepared to change?

Role: videographer, editor

Publication: Monocle

Original link: http://monocle.com/film/affairs/state-of-the-news/


Laws of Men: In Thailand, thwarted justice for trafficked women | GlobalPost

Thazin knew she was in trouble as soon as the car pulled up to her new place of employment. It wasn’t a convenience store, as promised. It was a guesthouse with a bar. And then the truth dawned on her and the others brought with her.“We realized that we would not only work at a beer bar,” Thazin said, “but also as prostitutes.”

Role: Reporter, Videographer, Writer, Video Editor

Publication: GlobalPost

Original Link: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/thailand/140516/thailand-trafficking-women-bureaucracy-corruption-fear-justice