Lianain Films is Hiring!
The very first day I walked into work at Lianain Films, I had expected a quiet, sedate day of light work and settling in. What I got, instead, was James dropping a suitcase…
Storm In Subic Bay
Imagine you’re the leader of an impoverished country. Jobs are scarce and there are problems everywhere that need to be solved, all at once. You’re in desperate need of funds. What do you…
Tough Love
This morning my mother said, “Academics were so much easier in the States that I was practically getting As against my will.” It seems like a very strange statement to make, but I…
iProtest
Behind every brand-new, shiny product in the shops is a story. Sometimes these stories might be uplifting and awe-inspiring, but oftentimes these stories are painful and depressing. And although we would much rather…
Small Fry, Big Catch
With shrimp prices rising, Bangladesh claims shrimp farming is good for the country. But at what cost? Who are the real beneficiaries? And how can things improve for the people at the bottom…
Cinema of Dreams
Here’s something exciting to share with everyone! I didn’t get to go on the shoot for this one. Lynn and James had already started work on this by the time I got hired…
Yong’s Story
I first saw Yong Vui Kong on the 15th of March 2010, when I went to his appeal hearing on the constitutionality of the Mandatory Death Penalty (MDP) for drug trafficking in Singapore….
Two videos to share.
Two videos to share with everyone today: 1. The Bomber [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_QzZZw7Xc] This is the latest documentary we’ve completed at work, a documentary I will always associate in my mind with falling asleep on the…
