Warriors in Transit | |
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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]