Documentaries VEtool and TOKAI (street cleaner)

Looking around youtube the other day I found that an old friend from my USC days, Vachan Sharma, had opened a youtube account and put up a couple of documentaries that he had directed. One of these I had seen several years ago, but the other is new to me. I've embedded both in their entirety because they are both fantastic and well worth your time. Both films run about twenty minutes.

Vachan made VEtool a few years back for a class at USC. It documents his friendship with Ehren Tool, a veteran of the first Gulf War who participated in the liberation of Kuwait. Vachan was born in Kuwait but at the time of the liberation was 13 and living in exile in India. After US forces expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait, Vachan was able to return home.

VEtool Pt. 1

VEtool Pt. 2

VEtool Pt. 3

I'm not sure when TOKAI (street cleaner) was made. Vachan worked on this one with two other directors, it documents the plight of Bangladeshi men who travel to oil-rich Kuwait seeking work, working menial jobs for minimal pay.

TOKAI (street cleaner) Pt. 1

TOKAI (street cleaner) Pt. 2