Heart of the Haze is the name of the documentary filmed at the peak of the 2015 Southeast Asian haze by Channel NewsAsia‘s Get Real team. As Indonesia experienced one of its worst cases of forest and plantation fires since 1997, the crew braved sky-high air pollution levels in Central Kalimantan to give a voice to people on the street affected by the haze, speaking to villagers, doctors, activists, research scientists, fire fighters and more.
The documentary has now been nominated for a Peabody Award, an accolade that recognises programs like podcasts, news coverage, entertainment and web content that tell important stories. For the first time in the its 75-year history, 60 finalists have been named, and 30 in different categories will be honoured, with winners announced from Apr 19. This year’s nominees include war film Beasts of No Nation, TV shows Black-ish, Mr Robot and Fresh Off the Boat, and documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
Watch Heart of the Haze below.
And when you’re done with that, watch Coconuts TV‘s three-part series Into the Haze shot in the city of Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
