Warriors in Transit
| Warriors in Transit | |
|---|---|
| Genre | television drama |
| Created by | William Takaku, Albert Toro |
| Theme music composer | Sanguma[1] |
| Country of origin | Papua New Guinea |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1992 |
Warriors in Transit is a 1992[2] Papua New Guinea theatrical television series (or televised play), written and directed by William Takaku and Albert Toro.[3] It consists in eight episodes, lasting twenty-five minutes each.[3] It was the first ever "broadcast-length drama wholly conceived and produced by Papua New Guineans".[1] Its production cost approximately €125,000.[4]
The series "depicts political duplicity and the disintegration of a family in the Port Moresby settlements". Its central characters are parents who attempt, unsuccessfully, to look after their sick child.[1] Takaku has stated that the parents' characters represent the Papua New Guinean government, while the child represents the nation.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Interview with Albert Toro", Nancy Sullivan, in George E. Marcus (ed.), Cultural Producers in Perilous States, University of Chicago Press, 1997, ISBN 0-226-50440-9, pp. 347–8
- ^ "Feature Film List: LIT 3626 Hawaii and the Pacific in Film", Hawai'i Pacific University
- ^ a b c "Warriors in Transit: Theatre in Papua New Guinea", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 October 2000
- ^ "Melanesia report", UNESCO, September 1993, p. 26
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