iflix has teamed up with Coconuts Media to launch a documentary series spotlighting some of Southeast Asia\u2019s strangest stories.<\/p>\n
From Miss Tiffany’s transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya to the volcanoes of Bali and the skyscrapers of Kuala Lumpur, Coconuts TV on iflix <\/em>takes an in-depth, uncensored look at the most fascinating and undiscovered phenomena in Southeast Asia. Beginning today, anyone in Asia\u2014with or without an active iflix subscription\u2014can stream and download all six episodes of the docuseries for free on any device.<\/p>\n Episodes featured in the docuseries are \u201cSexy Time,\u201d \u201cMarginalized,\u201d \u201cNeedles \u2018n\u2019 Knives,\u201d \u201cAnimals and Us,\u201d \u201cWheels of Change\u201d and \u201cBirds and Bugs.\u201d The episodes will explore topics such as how sex has shaped Southeast Asia\u2019s modern culture, music and society, as well as how superstars from historically marginalized groups have transformed themselves.<\/p>\n Mark Francis, iflix\u2019s global director of original programming, said, \u201cBoth iflix and Coconuts share a common passion for bringing unconventional, compelling and deeply relevant stories about Asia to our audiences. The series showcases real people and places overlooked or even shunned by traditional news media, taking an unfiltered and youth-oriented approach to news and subculture\u2014offering a perspective on the region you don\u2019t often get to see.\u201d<\/p>\n Coconuts Media\u2019s founder and CEO, Byron Perry, added, \u201cOur goal with Coconuts TV on iflix <\/em>is to knock your socks off with weird and wondrous documentary stories that you can\u2019t get anywhere else…and we humbly hope we\u2019ve achieved that. Not only did we want to shed light on these untold people and phenomena, we also wanted our audience to give a damn about them. It\u2019s been tremendous to partner with iflix, and we can\u2019t wait for the world to see this show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" iflix has teamed up with Coconuts Media to launch a documentary series spotlighting some of Southeast Asia\u2019s strangest stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":11071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2842,2843,2723],"class_list":["post-11070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-coconuts-media","tag-coconuts-tv-on-iflix","tag-iflix","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n