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Trailer for There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho

2011-05-18T23:11:39.439Z

This is a trailer for the climate change documentary "There Once was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho". Four years in the making, this film is the story of a Pacific Island community in Papua New Guinea – their unique way of life and their fight to preserve what really matters in the face of climate change, including a terrifying flood.

Takuu atoll is an idyllic home to articulate, educated people who maintain a 1200 year-old culture and language with pride - but all is not well in paradise. Takuu is disintegrating and when two scientists arrive to investigate, the people realise their attempts to preserve the atoll are currently making the situation worse.

We follow Satty, Endar, Telo and their families as they must decide what matters most – body or soul. As a huge flood rips through the island, destroying homes and gardens, each family struggles with the reality of the atoll’s situation. With limited communication or support, can they justify staying and risking physical safety to maintain all that makes them who they are, or must they become environmental refugees, leaving for a very different life in neighbouring Bougainville, still rife with violence after a 10-year civil conflict?

Ultimately “There Once was an Island” is about what makes us who we are and what we all stand to lose as climate change unfolds.

Finding Amelia

2010-08-19T05:00:42.914Z

by Rob Parker
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? This shoot was at the headquarters of TIGHAR, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery.

A media outlet in Toronto, Canada hired me to shoot an interview and b-roll with Ric Gillespie. He has spent the last several years trying to unlock the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance in the South Pacific. Very, very interesting stuff.

In a nutshell, Gillespie is using science to build the case that Earhart landed safely on an uninhabited island (Gardner Island, now Nikumaroro in the Republic of Kiribati), sent distress signals for several days, and eventually died there.

Rabi dancers from Tabiang Primary School

2010-07-21T22:56:27.214Z

Banaban students from Tabiang primary school dancing on the beach opposit their school on Rabi Island, Fiji entertaining visitors who have arrived on Tui Tai cruises.

Amelia Earhart Mystery

2010-05-15T03:59:07.731Z

Great video about one of the biggest aviation mysteries

Climate testimonies: Pelenise Alofa, Kiribati

2010-01-07T02:39:21.291Z

Pelenise Alofa comes from Kiribati. This island group in the Pacific Ocean is made up of 33 islands and
has a population of 90,000. She tells how climate change is posing a threat to her people. The islands are
between 2 and 4 meters above sea level, and a sitting duck for risiing sea levels. Every day, walls built by inhabitants of the islands are washed away. Fleeing to a safe place on the island is impossible: on one side is a lagoon, on the other the ocean.
Pelenise Alofa has three very clear messages for industrialised countries. Firstly, they must drastically
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A 40% reduction by 2020 is needed to give the small islands in the
Pacific a chance of survival. Secondly, money must be made available to allow people in the south to adapt to a changing climate. This money must be made available immediately, and should not return to the North through costs for consultancy and research. Lastly, if people in the Pacific are forced to flee their homes due to rising sea levels, there must be legal protection for these refugees.
Produced by FoE Flanders and Brussels.