A Selection of Documentaries
Series Creator, Producer. Asia's demographic shifts are poised to redefine the world order, with India, China, and Indonesia at the epicenter. The next generation, will play a crucial role in determining whether these three giants will realize the promise of ‘The Asian Century'. In four episodes this series explores the challenges young people are facing today: from record high unemployment, to education crisis, declining birth rates and less sustainable futures. How will these issues influence the developmental trajectories of these three nations over the coming decades? For CNA.
Read about the “Education Forward” episode on CNA
Development Producer, Casting Producer. Amid the chaos of gearing up an international pageant Indian-American beauty queen and entrepreneur Chhavi Verg journeys east to join up local celeb Thuy Tien to explore the origins of a meditation-inspired, Vietnamese coffee company Trung Nguyen Legend. Making a pilgrimage from the frenzy of Ho Chi Minh City to the serene Central Highlands, Chhavi discovers surprising parallels between the resilience of Vietnam’s coffee industry and her own quest for inner strength. For Discovery.
Read more on VN Express
A Rohingya Ramadan
[In production]
Executive Producer, Producer-Director. Through the month of Ramadan, this documentary follows an ensemble cast of Rohingya people in the Kutupalong refugee camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. An intimate account of daily hardships, joy, and quiet acts of survival in the face of a deepening humanitarian crisis. The daily rhythms of Ramadan—sehri, fasting, prayers, iftar—intersect with the harsh realities of camp life.
“I Choose Defiance”
[In development]
Executive Producer, Producer-Director. After nearly seven years behind bars on politically motivated charges, former Philippine Justice Secretary Leila De Lima is free—and the man who put her there isn’t. Rodrigo Duterte, the architect of the drug war that left thousands dead, has been extradited to The Hague to stand trial. Now, De Lima fights to reclaim her own justice—will she take the stand against Duterte at the ICC?
Producer-Director. A first of its kind intimate look into mental health struggles in China, from the vantage point of 3 young women who are navigating study, work and life in the big city. The journey from early signals of feeling 'off', the paths taken in seeking help and receiving a diagnosis, weighing treatment options and the bumpy roads to recovery. Premiered on BIE别的
Read more on Shanghai Daily, RADII, BIE别的
Writer, Producer. When China globalization ramps up, it’s countries like Kenya who give the world a glimpse into what a China focused future might look like. From Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 to China’s increasingly prominent presence on the world stage. A view from the ground in Nairobi, spotlighting Kenyans and Chinese living the geopolitical shifts. Premiered on Vice China.
Hear from the filmmaker on VOA, China Global South Project