Brave New Pictures

Last year, James Borton, a respected global journalist, contacted us via LinkedIn and asked if we’d be interested in collaborating on an environmental documentary in Vietnam. James has been working in and reporting on stories about Southeast Asia for many years, and we were intrigued by his proposal. As filmmakers we’ve been able to share many stories about environmental conservation and cultural preservation all over the world, but we’d never been to Vietnam. This particular project would focus on Cù Lao Chàm, an archipelago 20 nautical miles from Hội An. Over the past twenty years, the islanders, with the help of biologist Dr. Chu Mạnh Trinh, have turned their once-polluted home into a pristine environment. Now, Cù Lao Chàm is part of a marine protected area and a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, promoting conservation and protection of coral reefs, ecological diversity and cultural heritage.

Here's a link to the documentary: https://youtu.be/e8fOshMIiRU

And here's some press: https://m.hanoitimes.vn/cu-lao-cham-island-of-life-new-short-documentary-released-324377.html

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 10 at 6 PM CDT, Chicago Sinfonietta will broadcast its 2020 Virtual Celebration. Brave New Pictures has been their official production company for 19 years, and has proudly supported this innovative orchestra by providing promotional, informational, fundraising and outreach videos and photography for their website, concerts, and press. Chicago Sinfonietta is dedicated to modeling and promoting diversity, inclusion and cultural equity in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. You can register for the event through the post below!

2020 Virtual Celebration Teaser Chicago Sinfonietta 2020 Virtual Celebration: Experience the past, Imagine the future Register Today: http://www.chicagosinfonietta.org/concerts-events/2020b...

From the BNP archives:

Munnar is a region in the hills of Kerala, India, famous for having some of the most elevated tea plantations in the world. The climate is considerably cooler than its surrounding low-lying regions. We were capturing video and photographs for a project that took us all over the southwest portion of the country, from picturesque tea plantations to organic spice farms and to the famous brackish backwater lagoons and lakes along the Arabian Sea coast.

The beautiful color of these flowers sends a lovely message on this Valentine's Day.

From the BNP photo archives:

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the designation of January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day by the United Nations General Assembly. It is also the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest German N**i concentration camp during World War II. This is one of the most humbling and heartbreaking sites we’ve ever witnessed.