There Once Was An Island

Unclassified 18+
Briar March, 80 mins, New Zealand, 2010, Digital Betacam, English, Takuu and Tok Pisin with English subtitles.

There Once Was An Island
There Once Was An Island

The Indigenous people of Takuu, a tiny low-lying atoll in the South Western Pacific, have an impossible decision to make. Water is rising and as their land starts to disappear, their way of life is under threat.

As they prepare for a terrifying tidal flood to rip through their community, they must ask the question: do we stay, or do we leave our homeland forever? 

There Once was an Island reveals the human face of climate change in the Pacific, challenging audiences everywhere to consider their own relationship to the earth and the other people on it.

Official Selection - One World Festival 2010
Official Selection - New Zealand International Film Festival 2010
Dates   Fri 20 May 2011, 6.30pm
    No Longer Available
 
 
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