Overview
Ophir tells the story behind the likely birth of the world’s newest nation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The story of an unknown indigenous revolution for humanity, land, and culture and a decade long war. The film documents its origin and aftermath, where antagonistic visions of the world collude and collide. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst of a peoples for freedom, culture and sovereignty; it offers a gripping exposition of the visible and invisible chains of colonisation and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 4, 2020
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Arsam International,Fourth World Films
- Director
- Olivier Pollet,Alexandre Berman
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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