Cassandra Giraldo

Cinematographer

In this episode of Transnational, VICE News correspondent Alyza Enriquez travels to Canada to understand how the Two Spirit community is reclaiming their rightful place on the frontlines of land defense despite colonizations’ efforts to eradicate them. 

Cassandra was series Director of Photography who helped develop look and style of Transnational. She lensed the pilot and finale episodes.

Two Spirit People Are Reclaiming Their Land—and Their Identity | Transnational

Selena Quintanilla's journey from performing at local events to becoming the "Queen of Tejano Music" with her family band Selena y Los Dinos, culminating in sold-out stadium tours, is chronicled through personal archive footage.

Selena y Los Dinos

Ambitious teen orators hone their craft, vying for glory in a prestigious global speech contest. Through dedication and artistry, they prepare to showcase their talents on the ultimate stage.

Speak.

Follows Lorna of Indigenous motorcycle group organizing ride raising MMIW awareness. Heather is a nurse searching for missing sister Susan with college senior son Khalid, who wants to become an Indigenous rights activist.

We Ride for Her

A group of teens find belonging at a LARP camp, building a fantasy world facing climate disaster. Through roleplaying heroes facing apocalypse, they find strength to heal past trauma and emerge empowered in life.

We Can Be Heroes

New work shot for Patagonia featuring the incredible Daley family who hiked 1,300 miles of the PCT trail with their three children all under the age of five. 

1,300 Miles | Patagonia 

Legacy Regenerated follows hemp farmer Patrick Brown's journey of stewardship, hard work, and his powerful vision to subvert Oakley Grove plantation's sinister past.

Legacy Regenerated

Alyza Enriquez embeds with rising trans stars and activists who are using music as a political tool for organizing and explores how this moment is making trans people on the island feel more empowered and unified than ever.

This episode was filmed in 2022.

Transnational S2 | Puerto Rico

Investigate conspiracy theories and explore the life-changing impact they're having on supporters and those caught in the crosshairs, to discover whether truth as we've known it can survive in the 21st century.

Shadowland

VICE News' groundbreaking Peabody and GLAAD-Award winning series Transnational returns for a second season that explores the complications and dangers of what should be a triumph: Trans people have never, in all of history, been more visible than now. But the backlash has been just as strong.

Transnational

Emmy®-winning documentary series VICE is known for delivering longform, on-the-ground journalism and newsworthy explorations of our world today.

Vice

A documentary news series airing on VICE TV Wednesday and Thursday nights at 11p ET. Featuring deep investigations, and immersive pieces from all over the globe.

Vice News Tonight

In his most personal project to date, Michael K. Williams journeys into the dangerous world of illicit trade.

Black Market with Michael K. Williams

Frontline

Award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger sends documentary teams across the country to uncover the real reasons Americans can’t agree on what’s true and what’s not.

Shadowland | Peacock

WE RIDE FOR HER is a community-led documentary short film that sheds light on the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives through the incredible work and experience of the Medicine Wheel Riders. 

WE RIDE FOR HER will have its world premiere at SXSW in spring 2024. 

We Ride For Her | SXSW ‘24 World Premiere

In 1865, Patrick Brown’s great-grandfather escaped slavery on Oakley Grove Plantation in Warren County, North Carolina. After the war, he worked as a sharecropper on another plantation and started what would become a fourth-generation farm. Today, Patrick is committed to regenerative farming practices so his century-old farm can stay in the family for at least another 100 years—and he’s leading with industrial hemp.

Follow Patrick’s journey of stewardship, hard work and his powerful vision to subvert Oakley Grove’s sinister legacy. Directed by Steven Roberts/Strawberry Milkshake Productions

Legacy Regenerated | Patagonia Films

Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams ("The Wire," "Boardwalk Empire") leaves scripts behind as he takes on what Viceland calls "his most personal project to date." With "Black Market," Williams takes a look at underground economies in America and beyond.