Filming in the Far East, she records secret worlds whose existences are known, first-hand, by only a handful of Westerners - in part, because it is easier and safer to simply ignore such disturbing truths. Sacrifice examines the selling of Burmese girls (some as young as 12) into prostitution in Thailand; Leper travels to Nepal to meet a society of lepers in a remote village, victims of a disease that has ravaged people's lives since ancient times; Sky Burial records a Tibetan monastery ritual in which corpses are consumed by huge vultures, allowing the cycle of life to continue as the spirits of the deceased merge with the sky. (Film Forum)