Warriors in Transit

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]

Warriors in Transit
Genretelevision drama
Created byWilliam Takaku, Albert Toro
Theme music composerSanguma[1]
Country of originPapua New Guinea
Original language(s)English
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Release
Original release1992

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

  1. "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
  2. "Feature Film List: LIT 3626 Hawaii and the Pacific in Film", Hawai'i Pacific University
  3. "Warriors in Transit: Theatre in Papua New Guinea", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 October 2000
  4. "Melanesia report", UNESCO, September 1993, p.26


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