Daniel Bogado’s documentary tracks the trail of devastation left by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but also shines a light on the goodness of people in the aftermath.
It was a wave like no other. The Indian Ocean tsunami claimed 225,000 lives as it crashed over 14 countries. It shot forth with energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima bombs.
“My instinct when I joined was, well, let me look at the archive,” says director Daniel Bogado. “You don’t need anything else. You just need the archive and the old testimony. Anything else is counterproductive because it’s getting in the way of stuff that’s extraordinary.” Brothers Theo and Louis Mullan were on holiday with their parents in Khao Lak, Thailand, when the 2004 tsunami hit.It was no place anyone wanted to be when it happened. The destruction ravaged islands that were paradises. Brackish water carried people, boats, houses and trucks. Anything it rushed over, it consumed.
That series also relied on archives and sharp reporting. By going to TV stations in the areas hit by the tsunami, Bogado and his team found footage that guided their story. They then found people who had survived against all odds. Still, no one wants disaster porn. Why use misery as a diversion? It’s too easy to focus only on flattened towns, roads washed away, lives shattered. Rather, Bogado felt an imperative to tell this story.
A psychiatrist on holiday was drafted into triaging the injured. Those strong enough to help carried the bleeding, others searched for the missing. The doco reveals reunions destined to make even the most black-hearted mist up as brothers find each other in the soggy rubble. Still, 225,000 people died.
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