Movie Details
Original Language:English
Canning Paradise
DirectorOlivier Pollet
1 hr 30 minDocumentary
Plot
Decades of overfishing by the global tuna industry have now pushed the final frontiers to the waters of Papua New Guinea In the 1950s the world was fishing out 400000 tons of tuna each year Today this number is close to 4 million And it comes at a high cost a human one now affecting the last places on earth to receive the full impact of globalisation Set in the land of the unexpected in the northeastern part of Papua New Guinea this film follows the struggle of Indigenous tribes to protect their way of life guarded by traditions dating back thousands of years Many have lost hope others are fighting for survival from their own corrupt government They see their ancestral land taken away to make way for multinational corporations in their quest to create the new tuna capital of the world The question remains is this type of development in the Pacific Bringing prosperity or poverty
