Food vendors have been a constant presence in Bangkok – but thousands of them are now being chased off the streets thanks to a move by Thailand’s military government to ‘clean up’ the country. A report by Amos Roberts and Philipa Hutchison for SBS Dateline.
The mayor of Los Angeles has declared a homelessness crisis. As the city struggles to respond, one man has his own unique solution: building tiny houses for the homeless. But can he evade authorities to get people off the streets? Report courtesy of SBS Dateline.
At just 10 years of age, Syrian refugee Mohammed Kteish began to build a model of Aleppo as bombs fell on his city. Using paper, pens and glue he reproduced the buildings that he loved around him, but he also added some changes that he felt would benefit the city. Now this model has now been turned into a virtual reality experience.
Satellites were bigger than buses. Now they’re coming in shoe-box size, weighing just a few kilos and with an extremely cheap price to match. “Nanosats” are about to revolutionise space. Mark Corcoran reports for Foreign Correspondent.
In the slums of Delhi, a group of impoverished Indian children are making their voices heard and their stories told; by publishing their own newspaper, which is now being read from London to the USA. Report courtesy of SBS Dateline.
Cambodia: a nation grappling with a painful past and a promising future.
The cracks are showing in Venezuela’s enduring Socialist regime. This report from SRF Rundschau asks what the future may hold for this troubled country.
As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern hemisphere’s largest scream park, situated in a former psychiatric hospital. Director Florian Habicht reveals the transformative and paradoxically lifesaving power of belonging to a community that celebrates fear.
Keep your eyes peeled for Spookers later this year!
Directed by Jiuliang Wang, this poetic doc exposes the lives of those on the fringes of global capitalist realities, a far cry from the communist dream of China.
Report courtesy of Hannah Gaber. Visit her website to see more of her work: http://www.hannahgaber.com/
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