Our Small World

Our Small World is a portrait of life on an atoll in Tokelau — on Fale, an island so small, the schoolhouse had to be built on the next island, and the pigs live on the reef. Narrated by Tokelau-born Ioane Puka on a return visit, the film examines old traditions meeting pressures from the outside world, an emphasis on self-sufficiency and togetherness, and worries over education and a declining, youth-heavy population. Key decisions are made by a group of male elders, although after initial doubts, they have accepted a woman police officer.

Tokelau is three atolls spread out over a 100 kilometres of ocean - each atoll a small world unto itself.

– Narrator Ioane Puka

Key Cast & Crew

Ioane Puka

Narrator

George Andrews

Producer

Peta Carey

Camera, Director

Olin Turrall

Online Editor

Roger Green

Sound

Anthony Muru

Editor