Watch The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati Free Online in CoPlay (1983)
Watch The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati Free Online in CoPlay (1983)
Release Date
01 Jan, 1983
Runtime
00:28: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
A Six-Part Series
The Republic of Kiribati is one of the most isolated places in the Pacific and because of this it has been possible for its people to retain much of their traditional way of life. In this film, made on Tabiteuea Island four years after independence, we witness a special three-day ritual dating from pre-colonial times, in which Manerrua – a schoolgirl of 14 – celebrates her first menstruation
Original Title
The Human Face of the Pacific: Atoll Life in Kiribati
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