KANAK

LA NAISSANCE D''UN GUERRIER

Siwane, a young Kanak (native of the Pacific Island of New Caledonia) has travelled to France with a group of traditional dancers for a cultural exchange. Backstage in a Parisian theater, moments before the beginning of the show and dressed in his traditional fern garbs, the young man struggles to accept intrigued reactions to his culture.

 

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Credits

Director(s):

Gino Pitarch

Producer(s):

Kraine blanc, Michel Tavares, Nathalie Landais

Writer(s):

GiNo Pitarchn, Noël Fuzellier

Cast:

Emmanuel Hoane, Iabe Lapacas, André Wenehoua

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