"Quietly, a great film was made"
Lee Grant - Oscar Winning Actress and Director
"Hugely empowering and uplifting"
Greg Lowe - CNNgo
"Should be mandatory viewing"
Jim Pollard - The Nation
Living With The Tiger is an intimate and moving story about a group of HIV infected orphans in Thailand that have been abandoned by society. The story focuses on two of the children over a period of 3 years, and highlights the problems they encounter as they try to re-integrate back into their communities. Despite their traumatic experiences, they embark on the most unlikely of ventures for a group of teenagers from the countryside; a performance in an opera....
The question that I keep getting asked "Why are you editing in the depths of rural Thailand?"
The options were either for me to travel to the editor or for the editor to come to Thailand. Fortunately for me, Cindy was able to re-locate from L.A. for 4 months which also had the added benefit of being kinder to our budget!
We chose to base ourselves in Baan Gerda rather than Bangkok; there are less distractions and we have the flexibility to pick up additional shots that we might need. It also means that I get to play football with the kids in the evenings, not that it influenced my decision in any way...
