YAKEL: 100 YEAR OLD CHIEF

By Rachael WILSON

SHORELINE ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2011

Yakel 3D explores the fragility of one of the last primitive culture left today, employing the hi-tech cinematic story-telling device 3D

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2012
Doc Corner
    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 74 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Rachael WILSON
    • Producer(s)
    • Rachael WILSON
    • Synopsis
    • Set in the small, tribal village of Yakel on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, this is the remarkable story of 108-year-old Chief Kowia as he nears the end of his long, eventful life. As he faces his mortality, he worries what will happen to his people when he is no longer there to guide them. Without Chief Kowia’s influence, can the people of Yakel continue to hold the world at bay?