The Jade Bell Story is the fascinating exploration into the life and mind of a young man who has been to hell and back. Blind, mute and immobile, Jade is the living example of what can happen if you survive an overdose of hard drugs.

Today, Jade will do anything to get his old life back, and by fighting his own heart breaking war against drug-addiction among youth, he believes it might just happen. A published poet he is now working with youth through his Jade KIDS foundation to launch a music album and encourage kids to choose creativity over drugs. The Jade Bell Story will be broadcast and made available through educational institutions throughout the world in 2009.

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The Jade Bell Story
(Documentary, 2008/9)
Duration: Feature length
Directed by: Dean Easterbrook
Produced by: Qiujing Wong & Kimberley Buchanan
Status: In Production 2008/9
Exhibition Format: High Definition

"This tremendous film shows the Charlie Jones I knew and the Charlie Jones that everyone should meet!" Ken Blanchard bestselling author.

Beloved author, speaker and entrepreneur Charlie "Tremendous" Jones rose from the squalid poverty of the Great Depression to become one of the top twenty speakers of the 20th century. Now, for the first time ever, this film brings together family, friends and colleagues, along with unprecedented access to archival photos and rare historical footage, to bring you an intimate look at the tremendous man whose legacy of faith and leadership has impacted the lives of countless thousands around the world!

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A Tremendous Life
(Documentary, October 2009)
Duration: 52 minutes
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Directed by: Dean Easterbrook
Produced by: Qiujing Wong & David F. Pierce
Status: Distirbuted by Tremendous Life Books, USA.
Available on: DVD
Website: Tremendous Life Books - Distirbutor

"When Grandmothers speak, peace will return to the Earth." (Hopi Prophecy)

Set between a tiny village and the largest slum in Africa, comes a story of two remarkable grandmothers.

A Grandmother's Tribe is a for-purpose documentary film that reveals the lives of countless grandmothers of Africa, left behind after the loss of their own children, who, with determination and tenderness are now responsible for the rearing of more than 13 million orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa. Directors, Dean Easterbrook and Qiujing Wong, of Borderless Productions Limited (NZ) bring audiences an unobstructed story of Emmanuel Makokha and Silas Odhiambo and the grandmothers who have selflessly stepped forward to raise, educate and prepare them for a better future.

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A Grandmother's Tribe
(Documentary, 2007)
Duration: 54 minutes incl. credits
Directed by: Dean Easterbrook & Qiujing Wong
Premiere: DOCNZ International Documentary Festival (Special Mention, Best Medium NZ Documentary)
Exhibition Format: HD CAM
Website: www.agrandmotherstribe.com

Postcards from China is a factual show for CCTV (China Central TV station) hosted by Canadian, Kimberley Buchanan. It takes us on the intimate journey into Modern China - where old meets new, and where historic monuments, modern architecture, big business and glamorous fashion are all part of this fairytale of change.

In this show, Kimberley meets Jenny a young urban woman who migrated from her village in the Shangdong Province to seek a better life in Beijing City. Kimberley and Jenny get around Beijing enjoying the food, dance, professional life and together return to the village to reunite with Jenny's family and see the contrasts of rural China.

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Postcards From China
(Factual / Documentary, 2006)
Duration: 42 minutes length
Directed by: Simon Liu / Dean Easterbrook
Produced by: Kimberley Buchanan & Qiujing Wong
Broadcast: CCTV (China Central TV station)
Exhibition Format: HD CAM

Local Nepalese reporter, Guna Raj Luitel and Director, Aaron Goodman (Canada) travel the mountains and countryside of Nepal meeting civilians and officials caught up in the war between the government and Maoists. Filmed before a peace deal was finally reached in November 2006, Nepal: Caught up in the People's War brings us an insight into press freedoms and civil war that divided the nation for more than a decade.

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Nepal: Caught up in the People's War
(Documentary, 2006)
Duration: 21 minutes
Directed by: Aaron Goodman (Canada)
Produced by: Dean Easterbrook & Qiujing Wong
Broadcast: PBS FRONTLINE/World
Exhibition Format: DV Cam