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- In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
- A man searches the world for a set of mystic artifacts. The twelve bronze heads of the animals from the Chinese zodiac.
- An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
- A vacation becomes the adventure of a lifetime as a boy finds himself stranded in a world filled with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. He embarks on a journey that will change his future forever.
- The hosts travel to various destinations around the world. As they do, you view their experiences and listen to their critiques along the way.
- Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.
- The story of a pair of Australian pilots working for a small South Pacific airline. Paul, a wildly successful womanizer, leaving conquests at every port and Martin, sad and lonely in his search for a true love. Together, they... well, they don't do much of anything besides chase girls on various Polynesian islands.
- Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the world as they push the limits of their craft.
- New York sax player arrives on the island nation of Vanuatu to find his missing brother. He learns that his brother had teamed up with a powerful shady foreigner and his femme fatale wife to find some sort of treasure.
- This powerful and hard hitting documentary presents insights from experts who expose the nuclear industry and the danger of radiation. It is an eye-opening and poignant exploration of a dark chapter in human history.
- A mysterious message in bottle promises 'checker' Tobi Krell the voyage of a lifetime with a pirate captain, if he can solve the cryptic clues is a magical parchment. Each refers to a natural phenomenon and can be solved after learning from a friendly scientific specialist in some country, such as a geologist, a volcanologist and an ice core drilling expert.
- Nomad Chef is an extreme adventure cooking series featuring chef Jock Zonfrillo on a journey to celebrate the world's native cuisines and save a treasure trove of gastronomic knowledge from extinction. Embarking on a journey to some of the world's remotest communities, he hunts, harvests and forages with indigenous people for the ingredients that go into their dishes and learns to cook as the locals do. Roasted flying-fox and kakadu plums anyone? Lichen soup and reindeer blood sausage? From the Wai Wai people living on the edge of the Amazon to Naga tribes in the precipitous hills of the Indo-Burmese borderlands, Jock discovers the culinary genius hiding in the world's remote and often forgotten communities, and seeks to uncover what they can teach us about living sustainably, cooking creatively and eating the best way we can. As he masters some of the community's favourite dishes, Jock pays homage to their culinary know-how by taking one of their signature recipes back to his top-flight Australian restaurant where he seeks to reinvent it to re-ignite the taste buds of his seen-it-all-before customers at home. Nomad Chef mixes adventure travel, cultural exchange, food ethics and extreme cooking together in a novel new format that goes from the end of the food chain to the ends of the Earth.
- They are traditional hunters and farmers, wearing little more than grass skirts. They have no electricity or telvisions, and a very limited idea of the world beyond their tiny island, until now.... It's time to MEET THE NATIVES: USA. Insightful, entertaining and unforgettable, the extraordinary journey of five men from the remote Pacific island of Tanna across the United States will force us to look at ourselves through brand new eyes. Whether it's mud baths and roller coasters in Orange County, CA, sharing a Thanksgiving feast in America's heartland, or touching snow for the first time, the experiences of the Tanna tribesman provide an outsider's view of America that is at once both heartwarming and thought-provoking.
- An exploitation pot-boiler, posing as an anthropology art-film, and supposedly filmed by seventeen different cameraman in Africa, Malaya, India, Ceylon, Bali, New Guinea and New Hebrides. It probably was over about that many different years, as it is stock-and-archive footage from front-to back, including the New Hebrides segment, where the males have to leap from tall trees (and towers) with a vine attached to their ankles that stops them just short of a grand splattering on hard New Hebrides ground. An early-day version of bungee-jumping that is a macho-virility proving exercise that delights the village maidens. The art-house aspects and come-on was that it depicted strange love-rites in strange lands, even if some of them were re-enactments in color, in places of the black-and-white stock footage that had been serving in several reincarnations over the years. Highlights include "The Dance of the Fertility Tree" and "The Peek-A-Boo Betrothal." A few National Geographic-type scenes of nudity, and that's the closest it gets to even PG movies. The keywords must have been added by the DVD distributors.
- 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.
- Filmmaker Karina Duffy left her high-flying Hollywood career for one purpose - to make a film that explores how we are all connected on this planet. Living off the land without a cell phone or modern comforts, Karina traveled to some of the most remote and diverse places on earth in hopes that she might find a remnant of the kind of connection she yearned for. It is through the eyes of the world's tribes that she really sees what we have lost, learns the value of nature, and feels the power of community. Four main tribes make up the heart of the story-the Himbas in Africa, the mountain villages in Nepal, the unbreakable bond of two orphaned boys in India, and the South Pacific islanders of Vanuatu--as well as Karina's internal journey, reconciling the life she once knew with the lessons she learned along the way. Tahi captures the full spectrum of the human condition through intimate stories, ceremonies and traditions in a rare and vulnerable look at what it means to be human.
- Oscar Kightley and Nathan Rarere reverse the mind blowing ocean voyage of their distant Pacific ancestors. Following a DNA trail, they travel thousands of miles, and meet people their ancestors would have left behind thousands of years earlier, before arriving on the shores of Taiwan and discovering for themselves the origins of their people.
- Documentary of an expedition by Martin E. Johnson and his wife into the native habitats of the Solomon and New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific. The Johnsons travelled 18,000 miles by schooner, whaleboat, and native canoe to shoot footage of tribes previously unseen outside their native lands.
- Character driven half-hour films told through a spectacular blend of visual storytelling, in-the-moment interview and voice over narration. With an emphasis on high production value and diverse subject matter, the series transports viewers around the globe to experience inspiring personal journeys in captivating locations. The films endeavor to bring audiences a first-hand look at what only a privileged few have seen; the inside of an active volcano, behind the scenes of professional Sumo wrestling, face-to-face encounters with endangered Minke whales. The stories are told in a professional and approachable style that entertains and informs general audiences while maintaining a connection with core fans. The depth and breadth of topics and locations make this series unlike anything else on television - and while each story can be viewed as a standalone film, all of the episodes adhere to our signature style and format.
- Based on a True Story. John Paton, a Scottish missionary arrives on the shores of a cannibalistic island in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu today), where many missionaries have arrived before only to be killed by its inhabitants or disease. After burying his beloved wife and one-month old baby, a few months after arriving. John, struggles through several bouts of malaria as he fights to maintain the mission and protect himself from several offenses by the native inhabitants, including Miaki, the Devil King, a warrior and sacred man. Through the example of his wife's perseverance, he builds a relationship with a local chief and works to convince the island's inhabitants to abandon their tribal warfare, cannibalism, and violent misogyny.
- Tells the story of a group of five Germans who arrive on a remote island in the South Pacific called Parapara and belonging to Vanuatu. Their aim is to prepare a publication on the lives of the inhabitants of this remote island.
- A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey returns to the triptych format for a cinematic experience like no other.
- Witness Earth, for the first time..
- A young man writes his memories about his mother, traveling back in time to his childhood.
- Archival footage and diary entries piece together Ahto Valter's 1938-1940 trip around the world on his eponymous sailboat.
- Indigenous peoples voice their views on Western science, its vision of a genetically engineered future, and its deep links with corporate profits and globalization. The Leech and the Earthworm is a journey that combines passionate critiques of a future threatened by genetic engineering, and shares living alternatives to a globalized monoculture, with stunning visuals and music from around the world. The Leech and the Earthworm is a provocative film that inspires us to ask serious questions of the collective illusion we call "progress".
- 4 young women , goaded one minute and encouraged the next by an androgynous MC , take over a night club to tell the story of Sonia and Max . Sonia, the group's lead singer is trapped in an abusive relationship with Max. Through song and dramatic reconstruction of moments in their life, she attempts to find freedom. Originally a very popular stage production, Laef I Swit is Vanuatu's first full length film musical. Performed by members of Wan Smolbag Theatre, the only professional theatre and filmmaking troupe in Melanesia.
- Chasing a childhood dream, world-record slackliners Alexander Schulz and Rafael Bridi travel to the remote island nation of Vanuatu in order to walk over an active volcano. They find themselves reassessing their priorities as the Corona pandemic threatens to reach the pristine Pacific paradise.
- Low-lying coastal areas are often the most populated parts of islands, with villages, towns, agriculture, infrastructure and tourist development competing for space. Unfortunately, coasts are also particularly vulnerable to climate hazards and weather events. Particular vulnerabilities include loss of land and islands from sea level rise and loss of homes and lives from extreme weather events such as cyclones. The resulting impacts - coastal erosion, infrastructure damage, flooding and salt water intrusion - present a critical challenge to many Pacific island coastlines. Supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme is the first major climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region. Since it began in 2009 the programme has laid the groundwork for more resilient Pacific communities that can cope with climate variability today, and climate change tomorrow.
- Vanuatu is a paradisiac island in the Pacific where lush rainforests, cool jungles and white sandy beaches meet friendly people who still follow ancient traditions.
- This immersive experience takes audiences to the Maskelyne Islands of Vanuatu. We are able to see firsthand the devastating effects climate change is having on this community. It prompts us to reflect on our responsibility as global citizens to our fellow human beings.
- Filmed over three years on 16 Island nations across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, this grassroots musical follows the ocean highways uniting ancient musical lineages. From Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island, Taiwan to Zenadth Kes/The Torres Strait. A heartfelt plea for environmental awareness and cultural preservation from those on the frontline of the climate crisis.
- A warrior chief in a small village in Vanuatu prepares for a traditional war dance ceremony that honours the ancestral culture of his people.
- Te Radar lives in the world's biggest Polynesian city - Auckland. But he doesn't know much about his Pacific neighbours. In TV ONE's gorgeous new local series, Radar Across the Pacific, he travels to the islands to find out more.
- One of the last legendary sorcerers in the South seas turns back to his home island.
- The first shaman initiation since 50 years.
- Weary of his life in Victorian England, teacher Robert James Fletcher went looking for Stevenson's trail and beauty in the South Seas in 1912. Until 1920 he wrote his friend Bohun Lynch in Oxford from the New Hebrides, called Vanuatu after independence in 1980. Letters and diary entries reminiscent of the traveling Rimbaud are pitiless, personal, poetic, ethnographic and have a grim humor. Lynch published the letters after Fletcher was declared missing. No one knows when or where he died. In 'Isles of Illusion' actor Ulrich Wildgruber takes time off from the theatre and lands on Vanuatu 75 years after Fletcher. He is under the spell of the letters from the South Seas, and the book acts as a treasure map on his search for Fletcher's world. In the end he makes an astounding discovery about Fletcher's fate.
- While shipwrecks may settle in a watery grave, once there, most come thriving back to life. After years immersed in salty water, shipwrecks become a living metropolis for marine life. Discover the history of some famous sunken vessels and witness how they have become living graveyards. Featured wrecks include Batavia, Yongala, President Coolidge.
- Ever wondered where your donations go? Journey with Developing Destinations each week, as we venture into unknown territory, exploring worlds living below the line. We step outside the realms of normal travel shows as we take you on a ride into the lives of the few. Delivering stories of hope, dreams and adventure from around the globe. See life from a different perspective as we follow Sean Cassar, creator and host of DD, as he interviews a vast array of people varying from locals and human rights activists, to military and politicians in locations where nobody else dares to go. Painting an accurate picture of resilience, strength, dreams and hope. All while discovering the beauty of these developing destinations.
- On the island of south Pacific, natives from Futuna created "The Vanuatu Kannibal Magic Tour". They dress up as kannibals for tourists from New-Caledonia and Australia. They need this subterfuge to earn their living.