Title

A Mangrove Story

Subject	Mangrove Conservation
Description
	Examines the use and value of mangroves in Pacific island communities. Mixing traditional legend with fact, this film tells the story of how one boy learned about the mangroves and spoke up for their preservation.
Length	17 min.
Language	English
Price	$19.95
Title	Better Safe Than Sorry
Tape #	8
Subject	Safety on Small Fishing Boats
Description
	This training video is a semi-comic story of a hapless small island fisherman. Despite the warnings of his careful neighbour, the fisherman does everything wrong in maintaining safety on his boat. He finally gets lost at sea.
Length	22 Min.
Language	English
Price	$19.95
Title	George and Sheila
Tape #	38
Subject	Domestic Violence
Description
	The cycle of family violence in examined in this drama about a young woman and her husband's conflicting emotions about how to handle family strife. He is torn between the violence of his own childhood and what he knows is right.
Length	45 min.
Language	English
Price	$22.95
Title	It Couldn't Happen Here
Tape #	33
Subject	Dengue Fever
Description
	Mixing animation, puppetry and live action, this story talks about how a group of dengue mosquitoes terrorises a neighbourhood. The video shows how dengue is spread and how it can be contained.
Length	25 min.
Language	English
Price	$22.95
Title	Kasis Road
Tape #	35
Subject	Population Issues
Description
	Set in a squatter settlement, this film examines issues of unwanted pregnancies, family planning and the various effects population growth has on Pacific communities.
Length	90 min.
Language	English
Price	$22.95
Title	Rambo Goes Deep Sea
Tape #	43
Subject	Boat Safety
Description
	Tells the story of a bumbling seaman who does everything wrong on board a fishing vessel. Through his bad experiences, he learns the correct way to do things on board a fishing boat.
Length
Language	English
Price	$19.95
Title	Suva City
Tape #	22
Subject	Dramatic Series
Description
	This pilot series of four 30 minute episodes follows the lives of young people in a rooming house near the university. Issues examined include alcohol abuse, AIDS, pre-marital sex, traditional values, etc.
Length	4 X 30 min.
Language	English
Price	$19.95
Title	Things We Don't Talk About
Tape #	31
Subject	Disabled People
Description
	The plight of disabled people in a Pacific island community is examined. Following attempts to "cure" them through faith healing or traditional medicines, they learn to accept their disabilities and who they are.
Length	45 min.
Language	English
Price	$22.95
Title	Your Vote, Our Party
Tape #	36
Subject	Good Governance
Description
	Issues of good governance are examined through this drama, which looks how abuse of office and corruption affects life from the village level to the highest levels of government.
Length	110 min.
Language	Bislama, English (subtitles)
Price	$22.95

Title	On The Reef
Tape #	41
Subject	Marine Conservation
Description
	Through animation, puppetry and song, this film shows how the Pacific's reefs are gradually being destroyed and its many sea creatures lost. Popular with young people.
Length	25 min.
Language	English
Price	$22.95
Title	Pacific Star
Tape #	30
Subject	Tourism Development
Description
	Integrating songs, dance and drama, this video tells the story of attempts to introduce tourism to an outer island. Greed and ignorance fuel the familiar problems of the introduction of tourism. Filmed in Vanuatu.
Length	45 min.
Language	English, Bislama
Price	$22.95

Title	Niufala Bebe
Tape #	2
Subject	Malaria
Description
	Promoting the use of mosquito nets to prevent the disease malaria, the scenrio is both entertaining and unique, involving the use ofcomputer animation and puppetry to make the mosquitoes - and a doll - come to life."
Length	35 min.
Language	Bismala
Price	$22.95

Title	Waste World
Tape #	55
Subject	Waste Management
Description
	Drama that examines what will happen in the future if waste is not managed now in Pacific Island countries.
Length	28 min.
Language	English
Price	$19.95

 

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