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There Once Was An IslandPublisher: Journeyman
Length: 80mins
Location: Takuu Island, South Pacific
Copyright: ©On the Level Productions
Published: 25 Jun, 2010
Last Updated: 15 Jul, 2010
Ref: 4752
Length: 80mins
Location: Takuu Island, South Pacific
Copyright: ©On the Level Productions
Published: 25 Jun, 2010
Last Updated: 15 Jul, 2010
Ref: 4752
"I came here to tell you that we have to leave this island", Faith tells the devastated members of the Atoll tribe. The idyllic island she left out of ambition is now sinking into the sea. And the boat that comes only once a year from the mainland of Papua New Guinea, is their only hope of survival: "I am not fit to go", cries Faith's older sister, "I am old." Suddenly the sky darkens, an eerie wind begins to blow: "a big one's coming", warns Faith.
A storm throws almighty waves over the island, water runs wildly through people's homes, and over their homesteads, sending them fleeing out of their houses screaming and crying. "This is their world and their world is being destroyed", says Scott, a scientist sent to examine the island. When the storm dies down, the Atoll People are propelled into action, but leaving the island is still something they find difficult to imagine.
"I like my home. I have the sea, I have the crops, I could live", Satty smiles, surveying the aquamarine sea. Like Satty, Telo knows that the tribe's culture, its unique language and ancient dances, would probably not survive if they moved to the mainland, but he sees the island's destiny written in its yellow leaves: "a sign of dying", he sighs.
"If the waves come I'll just climb up the coconut trees", says Satty's son, shrinking from the idea of making a living, adapting to school, and exposure to diseases such as malaria. But the recent flood destroyed homes and crops, and the government of the nearest mainland town of Bougainville has been unable to transport food or assistance with only one boat servicing the island.
"I have to do this for the future of my children" , says Telo, packing his things onto the boat for Bougainville, leaving the tribe elders furious behind him: "there is someone who created this island! Do you think the creator will not help us?" Their words disappear with the waves as Telo steps like an alien into a land where trees are replaced by billboards. "Maybe we can do something", says Satty, "because If you lose something small in the world you lose a lot." An epic, universal portrait of the very real cost of climate change.
A storm throws almighty waves over the island, water runs wildly through people's homes, and over their homesteads, sending them fleeing out of their houses screaming and crying. "This is their world and their world is being destroyed", says Scott, a scientist sent to examine the island. When the storm dies down, the Atoll People are propelled into action, but leaving the island is still something they find difficult to imagine.
"I like my home. I have the sea, I have the crops, I could live", Satty smiles, surveying the aquamarine sea. Like Satty, Telo knows that the tribe's culture, its unique language and ancient dances, would probably not survive if they moved to the mainland, but he sees the island's destiny written in its yellow leaves: "a sign of dying", he sighs.
"If the waves come I'll just climb up the coconut trees", says Satty's son, shrinking from the idea of making a living, adapting to school, and exposure to diseases such as malaria. But the recent flood destroyed homes and crops, and the government of the nearest mainland town of Bougainville has been unable to transport food or assistance with only one boat servicing the island.
"I have to do this for the future of my children" , says Telo, packing his things onto the boat for Bougainville, leaving the tribe elders furious behind him: "there is someone who created this island! Do you think the creator will not help us?" Their words disappear with the waves as Telo steps like an alien into a land where trees are replaced by billboards. "Maybe we can do something", says Satty, "because If you lose something small in the world you lose a lot." An epic, universal portrait of the very real cost of climate change.
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