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Title Tanna / Screen Australia and Contact Films present ; in association with Film Victoria ; directed by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler ; written by Bentley Dean, Martin Butler and John Collee in collaboration with the people of Yakel ; produced by Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, Carolyn Johnson.

Publication Info. [Studio City, CA] : Lightyear Entertainment, [2017]

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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD FOREIGN FILM TANNA    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  DVD FF F TANNA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FOR DVD TAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD TANNA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult FOREIGN DVD  DVD FOREIGN-NAU-T    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  MAP DVD TANNA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN AD DVD TANNA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in. stamping rda
Description digital optical stereo 5.1 Dolby Digital rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video all regions rda
Motion pictures lcgft
System Details DVD, NTSC, all regions ; widescreen (1.78:1); 5.1 Dolby stereo.
Language In Nauvhal (Austronesian) with English subtitles; Closed-captioned in English.
Cast Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa, Marceline Rofit, Chief Charlie Kahla, Albi Nangia, Lingai Kowia, Dadwa Mungau.
Credits Cinematographer, Bentley Dean ; editor, Tania Michel Nehme ; composer, Antony Partos ; vocals, Lisa Gerrard.
Note "Based on a true story and performed by the people of Yakel"--Title frames.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Summary In one of the last traditional tribes in the South Pacific, a young girl falls in love with her chief's grandson. But when war with their enemies escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by warriors of both tribes. With their lives on the line, the star-crossed lovers must choose between their hearts and the peaceful future of the tribe.
Note Special features: The story of Tanna ; Cyclone ; Going to Venice ; The making of Tanna ; What does the tribe think?; theatrical trailer.
Audience Rating: Not rated.
Awards Academy Award nominee (2016): Best Foreign Language Film (Australia).
Terms Of Use All rights reserved.
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Vanuatu -- Tanna Island -- Drama.
Tanna (Ni-Vanuatu people) -- Drama.
Love -- Drama.
War -- Drama.
Forced marriage -- Vanuatu -- Tanna Island -- Drama.
Nauvhal language films.
Forced marriage. (OCoLC)fst01202576
Love. (OCoLC)fst01002769
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
Tanna (Ni-Vanuatu people) (OCoLC)fst01800022
War. (OCoLC)fst01170328
Vanuatu -- Tanna Island. (OCoLC)fst01865927
Genre/Form Foreign language films -- Nauvhal.
Feature films -- Australia.
Feature films -- Vanuatu.
Foreign language films -- Nauvhal.
Nauvhal language films.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Foreign films -- Australia.
Foreign language films -- Nauvhal.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Dean, Bentley, screenwriter, film producer, film director, director of photography.
Butler, Martin, 1952- screenwriter, film producer, film director.
Collee, John, screenwriter.
Johnson, Carolyn (Film producer), film producer.
Dain, Mungau, actor.
Wawa, Marie, actor.
Rofit, Marceline, actor.
Nehme, Tania Michel, editor of moving image work.
Partos, Antony, composer (expression)
Contact Films, production company.
Screen Australia, presenter.
Film Victoria, presenter.
Lightyear Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Standard No. 085365647626
Music No. LIT-DV-56476 Lightyear Entertainment
5365647626 Lightyear Entertainment (disc)
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