Robin met Martin Vrana in a loud club on Bali and heard about half of his story over the music. It was enough. A week later we were on Gili Trawangan.
On the surface it is an adventure: a man who quit his job, bought land on a small island and built a resort by hand, carrying cement across the island on a bicycle. What keeps people watching is underneath it. Thirteen years without a loan, a long dark period, and a project he kept secret from his mother for ten years.
That is what a documentary can do that an advert can’t: let the hard parts stay in. The film has been watched 256,000 times on YouTube.
Part of 100 Documentaries, Robin’s independent series. The film on robindanehav.com →
