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Wakhan — An Other Afghanistan
A documentary journey through the Wakhan Corridor in August 2011 — 450 kilometres on foot across the Hindu Kush, following in the footsteps of Marco Polo, in search of an...
Wakhan — An Other Afghanistan
A documentary journey through the Wakhan Corridor in August 2011 — 450 kilometres on foot across the Hindu Kush, following in the footsteps of Marco Polo, in search of an...
Contacted Tribes - Waroanis in Ecuador
The Bameno People & the Waorani of Ecuador The tale of the Bameno people is one of a place where men live in community, and where myriad forms of animal...
Contacted Tribes - Waroanis in Ecuador
The Bameno People & the Waorani of Ecuador The tale of the Bameno people is one of a place where men live in community, and where myriad forms of animal...
The Last Nomadic Penans
In 2014, Varial traveled to the highlands of Sarawak, Borneo, to live with the Ba Marong — one of the last nomadic Penan bands on earth. A story of ancient...
The Last Nomadic Penans
In 2014, Varial traveled to the highlands of Sarawak, Borneo, to live with the Ba Marong — one of the last nomadic Penan bands on earth. A story of ancient...
New York Times - A Hard Trek to Humiliy
Featured in The New York Times, this piece follows Varial and Fabrice Nadjari as they trek 140 miles through Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor — on foot, by donkey and horse...
New York Times - A Hard Trek to Humiliy
Featured in The New York Times, this piece follows Varial and Fabrice Nadjari as they trek 140 miles through Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor — on foot, by donkey and horse...
I am Maya - A movie directed and shot by Varial...
Directed by Varial for The Nature Conservancy, this documentary film follows the indigenous Mayan communities of the Yucatan Peninsula as they face the frontline impacts of climate change and deforestation....
I am Maya - A movie directed and shot by Varial...
Directed by Varial for The Nature Conservancy, this documentary film follows the indigenous Mayan communities of the Yucatan Peninsula as they face the frontline impacts of climate change and deforestation....
Doña Luz / Book Written & Shot by Varial for Th...
1.2 billion people live without electricity. Commissioned by Barefoot College, Varial travelled to eight communities across Guatemala, Belize, Salvador, Ecuador and Mexico to document 15 indigenous women — illiterate, impoverished,...
Doña Luz / Book Written & Shot by Varial for Th...
1.2 billion people live without electricity. Commissioned by Barefoot College, Varial travelled to eight communities across Guatemala, Belize, Salvador, Ecuador and Mexico to document 15 indigenous women — illiterate, impoverished,...
