Inside The Safest Slum in Thailand | Documentary

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  • Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
  • Explore the gritty realities of Khlong Toei, Bangkok. This investigative documentary showcases the harsh truths of poverty, crime, and wealth disparity in Thailand. Captured through stunning FX3 cinematography, witness the untold stories of the Khlong Toei community, exposing the dark underbelly of Thailand and violence while shedding light on the struggles and resilience of its residents.
    This Documentary highlights the importance of telling real peoples stories, giving power to marginalised groups and breaking down stigma produced by mainstream media outlets.
    This is an important film for anyone planning on or living in Thailand, to show you the real-life circumstances of workers running Bangkok.
    Khlong Toei is not a Zoo - I highly discourage filming & making content within the community without consent.
    Thank-you to Second-Chance Bangkok,
    www.scbkk.org/
    ✈️ Keep up with my Daily Adventures on Instagram:
    / zaksaeed
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    Shout-out to ‪@LukeKorns‬ for inspiration,
    Shout-out to ‪@Tiagodisilva‬ for some visuals 🎬
    #adventure #travel #thailand #bangkok #bangkokthailand #documentary

КОМЕНТАРІ • 122

  • @Zak_Saeed
    @Zak_Saeed  9 днів тому +7

    Thanks for watching guys 🙏🏽 I rlly appreciate everyone who tunes in

    • @Majed_Alhammadi
      @Majed_Alhammadi 7 днів тому +1

      Nice video, you did a great job here, and only one thing could be better if you lower the music level in the background, sometimes it was very hard to hear what you were saying, but keep it up

    • @phebranovack9747
      @phebranovack9747 7 днів тому

      Hi I work with an NGO that formed out of nessisity during the beginning of Covid when we realized no one was helping the people in the slums.
      And it has really grown from then
      And tbe baby you met is part of clientele you were in lock 456 our home base they probably thought you were afflated with us (no shade) . we built most of the structures they were showing you.
      Please reach out if you would like to know more about us.
      No we are not afflicted with second chance but they are wonderful and have done much good.
      If you are still in Bangkok would love to invite you to see some of our projects

  • @ccornjumbo
    @ccornjumbo 8 днів тому +12

    bruh the sheer quality of this video is insane . a real underrated gem on youtube for sure . keep it up

  • @gamermk2
    @gamermk2 8 днів тому +7

    Dude i know people always say this with small channels but your quality of video will for sure get you up there. Great content

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  7 днів тому +1

      Appreciate that bro 🙏🏽 just gotta keep grinding it out haha

    • @lucasredd6144
      @lucasredd6144 7 днів тому +1

      was about to say, was very surprised when I saw how little subscribers he has, props to you my man amazing quality content and editing! new sub received

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому

      @@lucasredd6144appreciate you bro 🙌🏽❤️

  • @gmm5550
    @gmm5550 6 днів тому +7

    Been working and living in bangkok +15 years and i been around Khlong Toei area many times..its like a city within the city with alot of good parts and some bad.
    Over the years it transformed from that hardcore slum to a kind of cheap housing community and small villages for workers and family's.
    and yes most of Khlong Toei is very safe..i would say about 85%..alot safer than almost any western city .

  • @freyafoxmusic
    @freyafoxmusic 4 дні тому +2

    Bruh . That was the most insane documentary I’ve ever seen. National geographic level storytelling and angles . You deserve millions of views

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  4 дні тому

      Thank you so much haha 🙏🏽 I’m gonna keep grinding

  • @peterstoof6968
    @peterstoof6968 8 днів тому +4

    Another fine work of art bro. I knew it was going to be a good video when you told me about the concept, but I didn’t expect THIS quality. Keep exceeding everyone’s expectations brother ❤️

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  7 днів тому

      Love you bro ❤️❤️ thanks for all the support.

  • @noaneill
    @noaneill 3 дні тому +3

    This shit got me teary-eyed (a little, I have had a glass or two of red). I love Bangkok and Klong Toei. Such a truthful piece of film. Every area, rich or poor, has it's bad people and/or "danger". But anyone who visits this beautiful community will most likely see the same thing that you have so masterfully captured in this short.
    Not many people earn their subscribers through real content that comes from the heart, so for this, you have earned yourself at least one new one.
    Thank you.

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  3 дні тому

      I appreciate you brother, thank you for taking the time to watch ❤️ Welcome to the channel! I'm glad you connected with this.

  • @_WhyNotAsh
    @_WhyNotAsh 8 днів тому +4

    This is actually class. Loved the storytelling, the direction and the story you put out. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Would love to shoot with you!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      Ayy appreciate you brother 🙌🏽 welcome to the channel! keep grinding

  • @worldview2888
    @worldview2888 7 днів тому +3

    I am FULLY and completely extending my cheers to this channel - the content is VERY refreshing. It shows the real and true reality where and what happening in different parts of (one of the most popular tourist destinations) - the reality of life in ordinary citizens that are away from all the media that shows shopping centers only. This is called TRUE content. No fake things for once. I am personally very sick of the repeated showing of the "highlife" areas .. and nothing about reality.

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому +1

      I appreciate that so much 🙌🏽🤩 I’m really trying to just show the world, the good and bad - welcome to the channel!

  • @KHALIL_AMINE
    @KHALIL_AMINE 8 днів тому +2

    I love it a lot bro, love how you were able to tell the story and their stories in the most authentic way possible ✨

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  7 днів тому

      Appreciate you bro 🙌🏽 thanks for tuning in ❤️

  • @MagicDragon
    @MagicDragon 6 днів тому +2

    You so sweet Zak, Thank you for this nice content i really appreciate from what you try to communicated this to the world. Big LOVE from me here.♥

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому

      thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏽❤️ I hope you enjoyed

  • @rishipancholi
    @rishipancholi 8 днів тому +2

    Great content and film direction - keep up the good work and I hope to see more!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      Thank you brother welcome to the channel 🙏🏽❤️

  • @Donna-fh9xs
    @Donna-fh9xs 5 днів тому +2

    Such an enjoyable and clever video, wish I knew about second chance when I was in Bangkok

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому

      Really appreciate that 🙏🏽❤️ thanks for tuning in!

  • @RicoJames724
    @RicoJames724 4 дні тому +1

    Great video, keep telling great stories.

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  4 дні тому

      Thank you bro 🙏🏽❤️

  • @samsan4644
    @samsan4644 4 дні тому +1

    listen man, I am Thai and I can reassure you that the worse people in BKK are never the poors...

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  4 дні тому

      100% agree brother 🙌🏽

    • @noaneill
      @noaneill 3 дні тому

      I would almost go as far as to say the best people in BKK are of low income.

  • @Sammiiho
    @Sammiiho 8 днів тому +1

    Loved the cinematography, very informative and excellent content! Best channel out there!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  7 днів тому

      thank you random stranger! What an amazing comment to leave on a strangers channel 🙌🏽❤️

  • @edcurtis4455
    @edcurtis4455 5 днів тому +1

    Best thing I’ve watched online for a while - proud of you man ❤️

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  4 дні тому

      Love you brother ❤️🙏🏽

  • @portalkey5283
    @portalkey5283 2 дні тому +1

    Should I have the opportunity to visit Thailand, I'll see if I can drop by this place. Thank you for sharing!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  День тому

      Amazing 🤩 Welcome to the channel.

  • @agentalvin
    @agentalvin 9 годин тому +2

    This looks great and you are a fantastic storyteller. But unfortunately the sound mix lets it down from being top tier.
    Some feedback. Take it or leave it. Keep voice right down the middle, even if it’s a 2-shot I/V. We want the main voices right down the middle. You could use stereo mic to capture atmos if you really want it.
    The music and atmos dominates your narration in the intro and at other parts. It makes it really difficult to hear you and you are what the viewer wants to hear.
    If you want to feature certain atmos sounds, don’t speak over them. Let everything breathe a lot more. Not everything on screen needs a corresponding sound all the time.
    Keep it up. You’re clearly talented at making engaging content.
    👍

  • @Tiagodisilva
    @Tiagodisilva 6 днів тому +1

    Thanks for using some of my footage 😉

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому +1

      Thank you bro 🙌🏽 you had some really stunning opening shots!

    • @Tiagodisilva
      @Tiagodisilva 5 днів тому +1

      @@Zak_Saeed The funniest thing is that I've been following you for a year +/- and I found my footage randomly, if you want a collab next month I'm in Thailand 😂 great video.

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому +1

      @@Tiagodisilva wow no way bro! When researching the topic, your video was absolutely stunning, the visuals 😍

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому +1

      @@Tiagodisilva let me know when you’re in Thailand brother 🙏🏽

    • @Tiagodisilva
      @Tiagodisilva 5 днів тому

      @@Zak_Saeed i Will, got some great video ideas to do !

  • @JasonS-n5d
    @JasonS-n5d 7 днів тому +1

    Wow man nice production. Coming to Bangkok in January and this video has got me buzzing even more! Thanks for uploading G.

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому +1

      Appreciate you bro 🙏🏽 Enjoy Bangkok, it’s an amazing city

    • @JasonS-n5d
      @JasonS-n5d 6 днів тому

      @@Zak_Saeed thanks bro 🙏

  • @jeremyflynn1003
    @jeremyflynn1003 6 днів тому +2

    Excellent video. I’ve been through a couple of times on a bike It isn’t a slum but a community. Totally safe. Thai culture at its best

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому

      Thank you! 🙏🏽 100% agree, I’ve never felt more welcome & accepted

  • @KimPedrick_Evolve
    @KimPedrick_Evolve 9 днів тому +2

    So proud! May be my favourite yet.

  • @akl4709
    @akl4709 6 днів тому +1

    No matter where you go in Thailand, you don't ever have to fear physical assaults. That's because anything of the sort carries severe punishment plus huge stigmas. I used to live in Thailand and no matter where you go it's like that. People just don't assault people there

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому

      Yeh 100% agree! It’s very rare, and is defiantly ingrained in the culture!

  • @nzimalaya2011
    @nzimalaya2011 5 днів тому +1

    Great context only downside was overlapping music could hardly hear the conversations because they are vital part of your material... lived in London and have been to Bangkok several times , I feel safer in Bangkok on any given day ... keep up the gr8t work m8t , remember there will always be haters !

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому +1

      Appreciate the feedback bro 🙌🏽❤️ audio design is so difficult to master, the amount of precision it takes to get everything to the correct volume & timing is nutsss - I’m learning every day how to be a better filmmaker to do these topics justice.
      People will always hate online, but I’ve got so many people supporting me, the negatives just become noise!

    • @nzimalaya2011
      @nzimalaya2011 5 днів тому

      @@Zak_Saeed my man 🫡🙌💯

  • @ZACCCHEN
    @ZACCCHEN 8 днів тому +1

    love this my bro :)

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      Thank you my bro, keep moving forward 🙏🏽

  • @Vlogging.on.a.donkey
    @Vlogging.on.a.donkey 5 днів тому +1

    I like your channel Zak

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому

      Thank you brother 🙏🏽 welcome to the channel!

  • @manolisbaradakis5672
    @manolisbaradakis5672 3 дні тому +2

    Zak bro this is insane! @BBC/@Netflix or whoever sign this guy up. Just keeps getting better and better!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  2 дні тому

      Love you brother ❤ thanks for always supporting me.

  • @sashawilson8843
    @sashawilson8843 7 днів тому +1

    Such an awesome artistic documentary

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому

      Appreciate you brother 🙏🏽❤️

  • @juraimijumadi5354
    @juraimijumadi5354 8 днів тому +1

    Stumbled upon your video and loved the content. Video quality and edit was great. If only you had interviewed the people living there to get a better view of the living conditions from them. Anyway keep up the good work.

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      Thank you so much 🙌🏽 I appreciate the words bro, Oi (the women I interview right at the end) lives in Khlong Toei!

  • @WecK0
    @WecK0 8 днів тому +1

    That's professional work

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      Appreciate you bro 🙏🏽

  • @abigailteressa
    @abigailteressa 7 днів тому +1

    Shocked this doesn’t have thousands of views !!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому

      Haha ❤️ I’m sure one day I’ll get up there

  • @phillipleblanc6508
    @phillipleblanc6508 8 днів тому +1

    The sound editing makes this video unwatchable. Pure garbage.

    • @KHALIL_AMINE
      @KHALIL_AMINE 8 днів тому +1

      go try and make a 5 second video as good and then open your mouth, but oups! you can't

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  7 днів тому

      Thank you Phillip ❤️🙏🏽

    • @edcurtis4455
      @edcurtis4455 5 днів тому

      Grow up Phillip

    • @phillipleblanc6508
      @phillipleblanc6508 День тому

      @@edcurtis4455 Why? And be like you?

  • @louisaudibert1
    @louisaudibert1 3 дні тому +1

    just a question about your process, your storytelling seems so thought out, how much do you plan ahead of filming versus filming your day-to-day an then putting the story together in post?

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  3 дні тому

      solid question bro, tbh I've spent years working on this - I'm still not entirely sure the best way to go about creating the story. Atm I have a concept idea in my head, then I'll go a shoot the film (allowing myself to shoot freely & not worry about direction) just a long as the main topic in being covered.
      Then in post-production, I review all the footage to identify the natural story. There's always a natural story, even if it's not what you wanted. Then I write the voiceover to compliment this story, to highlight character arcs and to link each section together haha
      The voiceover script, always comes out as a mix of personal emotion & how learning has changed my perception of something! anything!
      The No.1 key rule in storytelling, is there has to be a change.
      Hope that helps bro haha

  • @Nicocun25
    @Nicocun25 6 днів тому +1

    Next level

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому

      Always Appreciate your support bro 🙌🏽❤️

  • @luisfilms
    @luisfilms 9 днів тому +1

    so beautiful

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      Thank you bro 🙏🏽❤️

  • @Rocknaverdie
    @Rocknaverdie 8 днів тому +1

    Welcome to Thailand sir 🙏🏻💕🫶🏻🇹🇭

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  7 днів тому

      Thank you 🤩🙌🏽

  • @juamu1132
    @juamu1132 10 годин тому

    most of them are cambodian immigrants in the 70's and 80's. some of them don't have thai citizenship.

  • @ssaliov
    @ssaliov 6 днів тому +1

    very bad sound- loud classical music, very low narrative voice...

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому

      Thank you bro 🙏🏽❤️

    • @edcurtis4455
      @edcurtis4455 5 днів тому

      Couldn’t agree less

    • @noaneill
      @noaneill 3 дні тому

      Anything to say about what the film spoke about? Or you just UA-cam-chimping?

  • @liamburns8554
    @liamburns8554 6 днів тому

    Apart from he didn’t learn how to pronounce the name of the place the doc was about. FYI it is extremely safe there in the day time

  • @travellikealocalvn
    @travellikealocalvn 7 днів тому +1

    I really like the way you integrate with them

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому +1

      Thank you 🙏🏽 it always about the people’s stories, I think it’s so important to let them speak!

    • @travellikealocalvn
      @travellikealocalvn 6 днів тому +1

      @@Zak_Saeed ya i got it, i also used to live in small villages deep insides mountain in vietnam with poor ethnic people for 8 months, their world is just so difficult

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому +1

      @@travellikealocalvnamazing bro, that’s awesome stuff

  • @xian4616
    @xian4616 6 днів тому +1

    Hope ,ppl do not exploit thier kind soul!.Thank you.

  • @aleksandarbogdanovic4576
    @aleksandarbogdanovic4576 8 днів тому +1

  • @user-jf1go1jg9s
    @user-jf1go1jg9s 8 днів тому +1

    I like the sunglasses….

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      thank you, they were €20

  • @REVKINGZ
    @REVKINGZ 9 днів тому +1

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @w8ngr
    @w8ngr 4 дні тому

    Klong toe-ee is the phonetically correct way to say it

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  4 дні тому +1

      Yep! Haha been corrected on this

  • @xian4616
    @xian4616 6 днів тому +1

    They are nice,ppl!

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому

      They’re amazing! ❤️🙌🏽

  • @mariofec311
    @mariofec311 5 днів тому

    you butchered all of the names of the places . if you're already put so much effort into making an educational video, try learning the names of the places you are educating people about

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  5 днів тому +1

      Thank you bro 🙏🏽❤️

  • @jeffreyrichardson
    @jeffreyrichardson 5 днів тому

    greg loves scotts amends
    dereks white mercedes benz
    electrons bugs lens

  • @liamburns8554
    @liamburns8554 6 днів тому

    Apart from he didn’t learn how to pronounce the name of the place the doc was about. FYI it is extremely safe there in the day time. I have walked there more times than I can remember, it is a breeze. Not having a go at this guy, but tired of all the videos branding it “dangerous”. Pure sensationalism

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  6 днів тому

      Thanks Liam! That’s what this docs about breaking stigma

  • @izzypearce3174
    @izzypearce3174 9 днів тому +1

    Incredible!! Can’t wait for more 🫶🏻

    • @Zak_Saeed
      @Zak_Saeed  8 днів тому

      wow a comment! Thank you ❤️

  • @inThailand1987
    @inThailand1987 4 дні тому +1

    ❤❤❤