The documentary, entitled ‘Nourished by the Same River’, was the first collaboration of its kind among national broadcasters of the six nations along the Lancang-Mekong river— namely TVK of Cambodia, CCTV of China, LNTV of Laos, MRTV of Myanmar, VTN of Vietnam and Thailand’s MCOT. Featuring the GMS’ geographical and cultural treasures, the documentary aimed to weave together and depict all walks of lives along the Lancang-Mekong river, which originates in Tibet and flows through China before breaking into many rivers including the Mekong. With 20 episodes of 45 minutes each, the documentary is a reflection of the region’s determination to promote peace, harmony, cooperation and common development, both socially and economically. Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama presided over the event and represented Thailand at the official release of the documentary. “ This jointly produced TV documentary is testimonial proving that countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region now have come to realise the importance of media in promoting and realising what I would like to call the three Cs in our Sub-region. These three Cs are connectivity, competitiveness and community. ”, said Noppadon. Taking three years to finish, ‘Nourished by the Same River’ was filmed by 11 camera teams and produced in China by CCTV International. “ One of the challenges in our production was that at times the subject matter we were dealing with was very fleeting and needed great capturing immediacy as most of them were phenomena or festivals of seasonal change. Another interesting thing about this documentary film is that each story is filmed by each nation’s sub-director and told in their very own perspective. ”, said Wu Cheng Wei. To be broadcast every Monday night from 10 to 10.50 pm on Modernine TV—this very channel-the first episode airs on April 28, with the series running through to September.
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