24 Hours With
Client: Restorasi Ekosistem RiauAgency: VICE Digital
Department: Branded Commercial
Production Team: Paul Hextall, Naomi Seow, Picture You Films
Duration: May 2022
Omar Prazhari dives head first into east Sumatra’s peat swamp forests with rangers and ecologists working to reverse deforestation and wildlife loss.
Artist Omar Prazhari exchanges his hectic city life for an adventure in Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER), a formerly devastated peat forest that now serves as a safe haven for the elusive Sumatran tiger and other threatened wildlife. In his company are a former smokejumper who got bored of jumping out of airplanes, a reformed illegal logger now enjoying a life free of police bribes, a passionate ecologist witnessing the return of possibly extinct species, and homegrown rangers who transformed their relationship with recovered forests their parents previously destroyed.
Involvement: End-to-End Production, Conceptualisation, Timeline Management, Contracting