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Kanopy
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Tanna (2015)
In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.
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Rat blong Tommy! (2012)
Tommy dreams of becoming a hip-hop artist and of being able to do a back flip.
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38
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We've Only Got This World (2021)
The climate crisis is causing much damage to the pacific and the rest of the world. Filmed in 2019, “Wol ia nomo” is Wan Smolbags response to the devastating effects we are seeing and a call to arms to do something about it. The film follows the story of Rodney and Betty who are earth science students. Rodney is an ardent environmentalist who has a crush on Betty but she is more interested in Marco, the local radio and nightclub DJ.
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6.8
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The Creation as We Saw It (2012)
Three mythical stories from the Republic of Vanuatu, an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean, concerning the origin of humans, why pigs walk on all fours, and why a volcano sits where it does.
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Kanopy
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7.3
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Waiting for John (2014)
If you had never heard of an airplane, would you think it was a miracle when one arrived? Waiting for John tells the story of America's incredible impact on a remote island in the South Pacific and the birth of an extraordinary religion, the John Frum Movement, considered the last surviving cargo cult. We follow the John Frum believers today as they struggle to preserve a culture in danger of being lost to the modern world.
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7.0
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God is American (2007)
Since the End of World War II, the People of Tanna, a remote island in the south Pacific in the archipelago of Vanuatu, idolize an American prophet. His name is John Frum. The islanders believe he is an American pilot that returned to the United States after the war, and will come back to Tanna with riches from the US that they call "the cargo". They pray to an American flag, awaiting his return. One man, Isaac the Last One, chief of the "Cargo Cult", claims he is Frum's Son. He has formed an army of GI's to celebrate the return of the prophet John Frum.
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6.8
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Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget (2013)
On the island of Tanna, a part of Vanuatu, an archipelago in Melanesia, strange rites are enacted and time passes slowly while the inhabitants await the return of the mysterious John.
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60
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Abomination (2018)
This film takes a peek at the topic of homosexuality, con artists and the role of church leaders in Melanesian communities.
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80
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Life Is Sweet (2017)
A newly formed all female singing group, ‘Tamure Party’ fronted by a controversial, sexually ambiguous MC, ‘je suis neutral’. The group explore through song and dramatic reenactments, the life of Sonia and her partner Max. The film switches from sections reimagined in the nightclub in front of an audience to scenes from their life set in the informal settlement areas of Port Vila, Vanuatu’s capital. But does the group speak with one voice? Will Max divide them? Can they really work together to free Sonia from her abusive partner?
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5.2
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A Piece of the Cake (2016)
Life in Vanuatu isn't all sea, sun and palm trees. For Timothy and his family life is hard. His daughter Betty is out of school because he can't pay her school fees. His wife works as a house girl and his son hangs around with his friends smoking dope, like many other unemployed, young men. Timothy's only hope is the political party he supports, and when the man Timothy has collected votes for becomes a Minister, Timothy dreams he will get a job and earn the money to send Betty back into school. But he is not the only supporter looking for work. And to get the job he wants he has to do things that make him question the whole system. Yumi Go Kale is the first feature made entirely by Wan Smolbag's cast and crew.
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A Piece of Land (2003)
Patricia, the chief’s daughter, has to leave school and go back to the village. Her father fears life will be quiet for a girl who has lived in town, but all is not quiet in the village. Soon Patricia finds herself involved with a young man and his fight for land.
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Has Anyone Seen Rose? (2005)
Rose has run away from an arranged marriage in her home island. Her sister in town, Rebecca, is sheltering her and no-one else knows where she is. Rebecca’s husband John is involved in the election campaign in his area on behalf of their local candidate. But then Rose’s father rings up from the island and asks the chief to find Rose. Suddenly everyone is out looking for her!
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Vanuatu Women's Water Music (2014)
From the remote, islands of Vanuatu, comes an extremely unique and rarely seen tradition, water music.
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The Land Will Eat You (2017)
Kalsong, a well-meaning, helpful local father and community leader, tries to help out an amiable, ambitious Australian real estate developer looking to kickstart the momentum on a hotel resort project. But as Kalsong gets more involved in the project, and tries to get his friends to sell their private land to improve access to the secluded resort, he finds himself at the center of a much larger struggle over the soul of the land itself and the future of his people.
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Lon Marum (2012)
A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music, tradition, and magic on an active volcano, in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, on the island of Ambrym.


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