Flicker & Fade
Published on Mar 29, 2023 by Luke Hunt
Flicker & Fade screened at Straight8 Cannes International Film Festival 2018. A short film by Mark Roy & Julien Poulson based on the life and disappearance of Cambodian singer Poev Vannary. Featuring the voice of Kak Channthy and The Cambodian Space Project. Luke Hunt is the narrator.Click here to watch on Vimeo..
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Broken Leg
Published on Mar 13, 2023 by Luke Hunt
Broken Leg is a short film by Morgan Reinwald which follows Western expats as they venture forth into the streets of Phnom Penh and its notorious nightlife along Street 136..Watch on YouTube..
Marc Carnegie: 1963-2023
Published on Feb 7, 2023 by Luke Hunt
Marc Carnegie, an American foreign correspondent who has reported from Iran, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan and dozens of other countries around the globe, passed away on Feb. 7 from complications of the liver and a brief illness. He was 59.His work in Iraq was lauded by his peers for many years afterward. Marc had worked the desk but knew where his correspondents were and did everything he could, and more, to get them across the line safely.Long time friend and colleague Susan Stumme wrote: "I’ve struggled to find the right words to describe this devastating loss. Marc Carnegie was so many things: dear friend, brilliant wordsmith, music lover, gifted drummer, obstinate pain in the ass, booze hound, complicated soul.".
Shirley Shackleton: 1931-2023
Published on Jan 16, 2023 by Luke Hunt
Shirley Shackleton, who passed away aged 91 on Jan. 15 was an author and tireless campaigner for Timor-Leste, she was best known as the wife of Greg Shackleton, one of the 'Balibo Five' journalists.The ABC reported she was an unlikely hero.A new mum and TV segment presenter from Melbourne, she suddenly became one of Australia's most vocal human rights advocates after her journalist husband Greg and four other Australian newsmen were brutally murdered in 1975 by Indonesian forces.They came to be known as the Balibo Five, having gone to Timor in the weeks leading up to Indonesia's occupation, to film the military invasion for Channel 7 and 9.But days after they arrived in Balibo, they disappeared.Read more here..
Nate Thayer: 1960-2023
Published on Jan 10, 2023 by Luke Hunt
American journalist Nate Thayer, who died on January 3 at the age of 62 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, left behind a trail of good friends and colleagues and a wealth of stories that spanned from Cambodia and China to Iraq and the United States.by LUKE HUNT / Phnom PenhThe obits were many and deserved. The New York Times, NPR, Asia Times, Voice of America, NK News and Sour Milk were just a few to publish his exploits alongside the international news wires. Nate Thayer arrived in Cambodia as a reporter with Associated Press.He then worked as a freelancer for the Far Eastern Economic Review and by the early 1990s had become a consistent contributor to the Phnom Penh Post. He covered....
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