Sailing a Sinking Sea (2015)

Sailing a Sinking Sea is a featurelength experimental documentary exploring the culture of the Moken people of Burma and Thailand The Moken are seafaring people and one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in Asia Wholly reliant upon the sea their entire belief system education and economic and physical development revolve around water Sailing a Sinking Sea illuminates the Moken lifestyle through recorded traditional music folklore and conversations with the Moken people Through intimate and dynamic cinematography and audio recordings Sailing a Sinking Sea weaves a visual and aural tapestry of Moken mythologies and presentday practices