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
Language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 8
Broadcast
Original airing 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.[4] It was the first ever "broadcast-length drama wholly conceived and produced by Papua New Guineans".[1] Its production cost approximately €125,000.[5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ 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 0226504409, 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. ^ "Warriors in Transit: Theatre in Papua New Guinea", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 October 2000
  5. ^ "Melanesia report", UNESCO, September 1993, p.26
  6. ^ "Warriors in Transit: Theatre in Papua New Guinea", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 October 2000