EngageMedia Editorial

EngageMedia interviews Shafie Dris, an activist and filmmaker who is at the forefront of the indigenous (Orang Asli) rights movement in Malaysia.

King Catoy is a prolific and award-winning human rights filmmaker from the Philippines. He was one of the founding members of Southern Tagalog Exposure, an independent multimedia collective, and later the Executive Director of Mayday Multimedia. He is currently the Video Lead of EngageMedia.

Mark Taylor is a filmmaker based in Sydney, Australia. He has worked in East Timor, Indonesia and Latin America. He works as a media educator for CuriousWorks, a Sydney based non-profit organisation that assists communities to tell their stories using accessible digital technologies.

Mahamasabree Jehloh is a video-activist using independent media to cover the violence and human rights violations from inside the conflict zone of Patani, in Southern Thailand.

Sathis Kumar Krishnan is a citizen journalist from Penang, Malaysia. He has produced over 140 videos and has won the best video award from CJMY for two consecutive years.

Nova Ruth is a vocalist, activist, designer and entrepreneur who is committed to bringing Indonesian culture to a global audience.

Kiki Febriyanti is a freelance videomaker from Jakarta, Indonesia. Kiki sees her role as a storyteller whose job is to make the story known to a wider section of people.

Videomaker Tan Kai Swee is part of Citizen Journalists Malaysia – a dynamic network of journalists bringing vital new voices and perspectives out of Malaysia. He tells EngageMedia what inspires him to get behind the camera.