MAN VILA - a film by Cecile Kielar and Eric Wittersheim - Vanuatu par Eric Wittersheim

For decades, migrants from the island of Tanna have lived in the outskirts of Port-Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, contributing to the urban economy while holding strongly their cultural and social practices (vernacular language, cult of the ancestors, dances, chiefly authority...). A recent boom in real estate and tourism economy in Vanuatu is threatening their lifestyle and changing their social habits. The film shows the struggle of Chief Roy ...