Entrepreneur turning lotus plants into luxury fabric

CAMBODIA LOTUS SOURCE: AP TELEVISION RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 5:28 AP Television Siem Reap Province, Cambodia - May 26, 2014 1. Wide shot of Loeun Pol, lotus farmer, paddling a boat 2. Mid shot of Loeun Pol, lotus farmer 3. Pan right of lotuses on the lake surface 4. Wide shot of Loeun Pol, lotus farmer, from behind paddling boat 5. Close of a lotus flower 6. Mid shot of Loeun Pol, lotus farmer, on boat harvesting lotus plants with machete 7. Close of a pile of cut lotus plants 8. Wide of house by the water 9. Low shot of child beating lotus heads with stick 10. Tilt down of boy harvesting lotus seeds with a knife 11. Pan right of lotus seeds drying on plastic sheet 12. Pan right of seeds 13. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer), Loeun Pol, lotus farmer, from Kamping Poy, Siem Reap province: "I've been living here growing lotuses for a long time and selling the flowers and seeds and making a little bit of money. Now things are much better because I can also sell the stems so I'm making a lot more money and I can send my kids to school and take care of my family." 14. Mid shot of Awen Delaval, founder and owner of fashion brand Samatoa, sitting in a boat 15. SOUNDBITE: (French) Awen Delaval, founder and owner of fashion brand Samatoa: "Lotus is one of the most ecological fabrics, even more ecological than organic cotton which consumes a lot of water and can cause environmental damage. The lotus doesn't require any added water, they grow in a natural ecosystem that is totally renewable. The process of making lotus fabric doesn't impact negatively on the environment at any step. Furthermore, we give added value to the plant by using all the parts of it." 16. Mid shot of jewelry made from lotus 17. Pan left of beauty products made from lotus 18. Close of lotus body scrub 19. Close of label of lotus tea 20. Tilt down from woman cleaning lotus stems to close up of washed stems 21. Wide shot of workshop 22. Mid shot of 'Lotus Farm Cambodia' T-shirt 23. Close of knife cutting lotus stems 24. Top shot of worker spreading lotus fibres on wooden board 25. Close up of lotus fibres being spread on board 26. Pan right of hand rolling fibres together 27. Top shot of worker rolling thread 28. Mid shot of worker spinning thread on wheel 29. Close of thread being wound onto spool 30. Close of worker's face 31. Close of worker's hands tying knot 32. Mid shot of hand putting spool of thread into weaving shuttle 33. Tilt up of worker weaving 34. Close of worker's feet 35. Mid shot of worker weaving 36. Pan left of sheet of lotus fabric 37. SOUNDBITE: (French) Awen Delaval, founder and owner of fashion brand Samatoa: "We had to work a lot in order to improve the process and to get the unique quality of fabric. So we worked very hard to make a regular thread without any fragility." 38. Wide shot of people watching training video on computer 39. Close of training video playing on computer monitor 40. Pan left of garment factory interior 41. Tilt down of woman working on sewing machine with instructor 42. Close of sewing machine head 43. Tilt up of woman working on dress 44. Close of worker's hands working on dress 45. Wide shot of Samatoa shop with passing traffic 46. Mid shot of shop entrance with two men chatting with mannequin in foreground 47. Mid shot of dresses hanging on rail 48. SOUNDBITE: (French) Awen Delaval, founder and owner of fashion brand Samatoa: "This is a very popular dress that we sell today in fifteen countries - in the United States and Europe of course but also in Hong Kong, Singapore and others. This dress, made of 100% lotus, sells for three or four thousand dollars in a boutique." 49. Pan right of fabric flowers You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/56ab72fe973a0b8619a06d826c40e77f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork