Papua New Guinea Movies

  • 2014
    Voice of Change

    Voice of Change

    Voice of Change

    02014HD

    Voice of Change is set on Bougainville, an autonomous region of PNG coming out of a 10 year civil war. Humanitarian Sister Lorraine lived through the...

    Voice of Change
  • 2009
    Moresby Modern

    Moresby Modern

    Moresby Modern

    02009HD

    For many people, the mention of Papua New Guinea will evoke images such as remote highlands cultures and tribal warriors; or perhaps tropical islands...

    Moresby Modern
  • 2012
    Bougainville after the War

    Bougainville after the War

    Bougainville after the War

    02012HD

    A native Bougainvillian, Clive, wants to illustrate the beauty of his Island and the changes which have taken place, since the war and the closure of...

    Bougainville after the War
  • 1987
    Women of Papua New Guinea: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    Women of Papua New Guinea: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    Women of Papua New Guinea: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    01987HD

    This film reveals the rich tribal heritage of women in New Guinea by examining ancient customs and beliefs. It also reveals a modern woman...

    Women of Papua New Guinea: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
  • 1986
    Quarantine

    Quarantine

    Quarantine

    01986HD

    The aim of this film was to develop awareness of the dangers of infectious disease. Agriculture was beginning to rapidly intensify when overland...

    Quarantine
  • 1989
    Breaking the Bush

    Breaking the Bush

    Breaking the Bush

    01989HD

    Examines the destruction, waste, profiteering and corruption that is stripping Papua New Guinea of its forest resources. Interviews with villagers...

    Breaking the Bush
  • 1990
    The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea

    The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea

    The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea

    01990HD

    The Trobriand Islands lie off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The island society has a complex balance of male authority and female wealth....

    The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
  • 2009
    The Shield Is My Brother

    The Shield Is My Brother

    The Shield Is My Brother

    02009HD

    In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, tribal fighting is no longer practiced with bows, arrows, and wooden shields. Commissioned by the Jolika...

    The Shield Is My Brother
  • 2006
    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville

    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville

    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville

    02006HD

    A story that uncovers the insanity of the ten years of violence which followed, and the terrible lasting impact of war on women, children and...

    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville
  • 1970
    Cry of Nukumanu

    Cry of Nukumanu

    Cry of Nukumanu

    01970HD

    A study of life on remote Nukumanu Atoll, a Polynesian outlier of Papua New Guinea. Traditional culture has survived, but over-population and...

    Cry of Nukumanu
  • 1984
    Tupela Tingting

    Tupela Tingting

    Tupela Tingting

    01984HD

    A new water pump has been proposed by a local firm. The film traces the parallel portraits of a technician-demonstrator of the new pump and that of a...

    Tupela Tingting
  • 2001
    Breaking Bows and Arrows

    Breaking Bows and Arrows

    Breaking Bows and Arrows

    02001HD

    On the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, victims and perpetrators are coming together in traditionally based reconciliation ceremonies...

    Breaking Bows and Arrows
  • 1970
    Pepera 1969 A Democratic Integration?

    Pepera 1969 A Democratic Integration?

    Pepera 1969 A Democratic Integration?

    01970HD

    Exposing the so-called “Act of Free Choice” referendum in 1969 which saw the United Nations vote for West Papuan inclusion into the...

    Pepera 1969 A Democratic Integration?
  • 2008
    Panguna Mine Dilemma

    Panguna Mine Dilemma

    Panguna Mine Dilemma

    02008HD

    Land is our Mother, Land is our Lifeline, Land is out Future, No, no mining. In this film the people of Bougainville speak their mind about the...

    Panguna Mine Dilemma
  • 1970
    Voice-Over

    Voice-Over

    Voice-Over

    01970HD

    In the tropical rainforest Papuans make a large traditional wooden state to commemorate their recently deceased relative Omomá. The...

    Voice-Over
  • 1952
    The Trobriand Islanders

    The Trobriand Islanders

    The Trobriand Islanders

    01952HD

    During his field work in the region of Omarakana, H.A.Powell filmed various sequences from which the film is assembled. In spite of the technical...

    The Trobriand Islanders
  • 1992
    Comment nous fabriquons le sel

    Comment nous fabriquons le sel

    Comment nous fabriquons le sel

    01992HD

    In the Baruya tribe on the highlands of Papua, far from the sea, men make vegetable salt and pass on this knowledge from father to son. But this salt...

    Comment nous fabriquons le sel
  • 1984
    The Metal Foundry

    The Metal Foundry

    The Metal Foundry

    01984HD

    A Lae is a little metal foundry whose owner has gone back to Australia and which the workers have taken over, with some help from the provincial...

    The Metal Foundry