Review of Tanna

Tanna (2015)
10/10
maintaining the old ways
14 May 2023
Probably the only Vanuatu-set movie that you'll ever see depicts people from different tribes trying to get around the tribal customs. I like movies about cultures that we rarely get to see. It's especially surprising that these tribes have been able to preserve their traditional ways despite the colonization of their island (as shown by the church whose attendees consider the traditional ways "sin").

The Academy Award-nominated "Tanna" tests your attention span, spoken entirely in the tribes' native languages and moving along at a snail's pace. If you're used to explosions and car chases in movies, then you should avoid this one at all costs. But if you're interested in learning about the world and the question of whether or not an indigenous culture can survive, then this is the movie for you.

To think that he showed a picture of Elizabeth and Philip, and I watched it right after Charles got crowned.
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