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Made in Cambodia

Made in Cambodia, a film short by Asad Faruqi, the cinematographer for Oscar winning documentary short 'A Girl in the River' and 'Saving Face.' In the film, follow three Parsons fashion design students as they embark on a life changing journey to Cambodia to experience the day-to-day lives of the invisible women behind our fashion.

  • Asad Faruqi
    Director
    Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form Saving Face (2012)
  • Ayesha Barenblat
    Executive Producer
  • Eleanor Amari
    Producer
  • Viktoria Raykova
    Cinematographer
  • Nandita Ahmed
    Cinematographer
  • Allison Griffin
    Key Cast
  • Casey Barber
    Key Cast
  • Anh Van Le
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Fashion, Human Rights
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 34 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 14, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Cambodia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Parsons School of Fashion, The New School
    New York
    United States
    April 11, 2017
    New York City Premiere
  • California College of the Arts
    San Francisco
    United States
    April 24, 2017
    San Francisco Premiere
  • Top Shorts: The World's Leading Online Film Festival

    Best Documentary
Director Biography - Asad Faruqi

Documentary photographer and a filmmaker from Karachi, Pakistan. Asad Faruqi has a degree in BS Media Sciences with concentration in film and video from SZABIST, Karachi. He was an assistant producer and additional camera for an Emmy award winning documentary, Pakistan's Taliban Generation.

He has been worked as a documentary cameraman and a photographer for various broadcasters such as Channel 4 (UK), HBO, PBS, CBC and others.

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Director Statement

"This is a human rights issue stemming from the unequal distribution of wealth. Most people don’t understand the true cost of fast fashion. The garment workers shouldn’t be doing work that pushes them further down into poverty. [Their employment] should impact their life for the better. After working with Remake, it’s been harder for me to look at fashion in the same way. I'm being more careful. I hope we can make more films, and people can continue questioning the fashion industry. It's only when people begin to question, that things begin to change."