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Soloman Islands
Since The Company Came
April 2001 - 52’
POST PRODUCTION SCRIPT
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01:30 |
01:35 |
Silas Diko felling tree
Chainsaw blade c/u |
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01:35 |
01:39 |
Silas cuts out timber wedge |
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01:39 |
01:55 |
Tree falls, Silas runs out of
frame |
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01:55 |
01:59 |
Zama v/o:
You may think you’re lucky that the contract isn’t signed yet. And now you
elders get to review it. |
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01:59 |
02:13 |
IRUREQO
TRIBE MEETING Timothy Zama addresses meeting,
w/s |
Zama: But
had this contract been signed back in March you’d all have money for your
kids' school fees by now. Even if we agree to sign today, we're still very
late. |
02:13 |
02:22 |
Rata v/o: But
where is our money? We are also descendants of Maqu and Zaito. |
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02:22 |
02:30 |
Outside the meeting house, Rata
talks angrily to the gathering, m/s |
Rata:
The trustees have already received an
advance of royalties. Why have you forgotten us? We are also Maqu and Zaito's
children. |
02:30 |
02:34 |
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Response
from inside: So it gives you a bellyache? |
02:34 |
02:39 |
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Rata: It does. None of us like what’s going on. |
02:39 |
03:03 |
Zama writes on blackboard, then
walks out of frame |
Zama: It's very simple.These are our options: A and B.
One plus one equals two. Kids' stuff. We should say, "We settle on that
option." And all agree. Otherwise
we will fall behind other tribes waiting for logging. And you will never
function. You're wasting your time here. |
03:03 |
03:21 |
Zama bangs his fist on the table
as he talks, then takes his seat |
Zama: Decision-making is very sensitive. If you put the
needle on the record player and you bang it like this... it will jump. It's a
sensitive operation. |
03:21 |
03:27 |
Man leaving meeting, pan to Mary
Bea sitting on the ground outside meeting. Fade to black. |
Sync effects |
03:27 |
03:38 |
Fade in title graphic: Since the
Company Came
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Beach atmos dissolves to
projector sound |
03:38 |
03:45 |
Film projector sound continues |
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03:45 |
03:48 |
Grandpa and grandchildren |
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03:48 |
03:51 |
Grandson asks question, c/u |
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03:51 |
03:55 |
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03:55 |
03:57 |
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03:57 |
04:05 |
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04:05 |
04:09 |
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04:09 |
04:14 |
Copra wharf in Solomon Islands |
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04:14 |
04:20 |
Film projector sound ceases |
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04:20 |
04:26 |
Beach atmos |
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04:26 |
04:31 |
Village atmos |
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04:31 |
04:35 |
Jack
Daniels v/o: The chief has called me up to
give you all a brief report |
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04:35 |
04:41 |
Jack
Daniels: about our logging activities, and
our future production. |
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04:41 |
04:45 |
Jack
Daniels v/o: We allocated 28 blocks to Kalena
Timber Company to log. |
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04:45 |
05:05 |
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05:05 |
05:09 |
Meeting atmos |
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05:09 |
05:16 |
Chief
Mark v/o: I didn’t call this meeting just
for my own sake, but for all of us Haforai people. |
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05:16 |
05:36 |
Chief
Mark: I have to say that some things
just don’t look right. Some deals look a bit shady. As I see it. When it
comes to writing and books… I know nothing. But I can see that things look
wrong. |
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05:36 |
05:43 |
Chief
Mark: That's all. |
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05:43 |
05:46 |
Jack Daniels writing at his desk |
Zama
v/o: I have something to say, Jack. |
05:46 |
05:56 |
Zama: I think the
main intention of today's meeting, is for the chief to claim that Haforai is
going down the drain... That is the logging operation. |
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05:56 |
06:04 |
Zama: He's also talking about the HDC, Haforai
Development Company. He talks as if he himself gets nothing out of it. |
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06:04 |
06:11 |
Zama
(English): I will come to that one later
and explain it. Who is getting something out of Haforai and who is not
getting something. |
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06:11 |
06:17 |
Zama
v/o: I will tell you all today. |
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06:17 |
06:23 |
Sync effects |
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06:23 |
06:28 |
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06:28 |
06:35 |
Mary
Bea v/o (English): We need to
stop this logging |
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06:35 |
06:44 |
Mary
(English): before it destroys us. And the
women of Lokuru understand this, but the men don't understand. But few men do
understand. |
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06:44 |
07:18 |
Mary:
So we women are almost a forgotten
society among our own people. They tell us women that we're useless for
making decisions in any meetings... or talk about land, or talk about what is
good or what is bad in the society. Men don't want to hear anything from
women, But we women are really... We're actually the centre of life in our
village. |
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07:18 |
07:25 |
Sync effects |
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07:25 |
07:33 |
Childrens’ song fades up |
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07:33 |
07:38 |
Children singing, rain outside |
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07:38 |
07:44 |
Sync effects |
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07:44 |
07:49 |
(entire
scene in English) Teacher:
OK, what is the title of the book? Class: "The Tapa Cocoon." |
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07:49 |
07:58 |
Boys look at book as school
teacher reads to class |
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07:58 |
Teacher: She laid out the bark on a large flat rock, and
then she began to beat it with a heavy stick. She beat it and she beat it
until the bark was as soft as fur and as smooth as silk. |
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08:14 |
08:27 |
Teacher
v/o: Roma? Roma: "Soft." Teacher
v/o: Soft. What is soft? Class:
Isafa. Teacher
v/o: "Isafa, " good. Next
one. Class: "Cocoon." Teacher
v/o: "Cocoon," good. Next
one. |
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08:27 |
08:43 |
Teacher:
Roma? Roma
v/o: "Flat." Teacher:
"Flat." Everyone! Class
v/o: "Flat." Teacher:
Again! Class
v/o: "Flat." Teacher: What is "flat?" Class
v/o: Vedasala. Teacher: "Vedasala," good. "Vedasala." Teacher: Truly, that's a nice word
for it. Thankyou, next one. |
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08:43 |
08:47 |
Class: "Forest." Teacher
v/o: "Forest." |
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08:47 |
08:57 |
Sync effects |
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08:57 |
09:03 |
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09:03 |
09:09 |
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09:09 |
09:13 |
ARCHIVES
(black & white):
Women & babies outside house |
Film projector sound commences |
09:13 |
09:17 |
Man looks to camera |
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09:17 |
09:20 |
Husband & wife look to camera |
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09:20 |
09:24 |
Woman smiling |
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09:24 |
09:28 |
Archive film caption: "The
scraped coconut makes a
very palatable dish." |
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09:28 |
09:31 |
Woman scraping coconut |
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09:31 |
09:35 |
Archive film caption: "Fish
provide the greater
portion of
food." |
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09:35 |
09:42 |
Canoe & fishing net |
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09:42 |
09:46 |
Cooking fish over fire |
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09:46 |
09:52 |
Women dancing. w/s |
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09:52 |
09:54 |
Women dancing, feet c/u |
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09:54 |
09:57 |
Women dancing. m/s |
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09:57 |
10:09 |
Missionary collecting bracelets |
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10:09 |
10:12 |
Missionary holding bracelets, c/u (end b/w images) |
Film projector sound ceases |
10:12 |
10:18 |
Logs at wharf |
Chief
Mark v/o: We Lokuru people, |
10:18 |
10:54 |
HAFORAI
TRIBE MEETING 2 |
Chief
Mark: have tried business ventures
before. One of them was Rio Rendova, Rio Rendova, the shipping business. We
started Rio Rendova... But before long it collapsed. I helped to start it,
but I saw it collapse. Where did the money go? Where did the ship go? I don't
know. I never saw it. |
10:54 |
Man looking on, m/s |
Chief
Mark v/o: The farm society. Torangozo farm
society. A white man came to help us get it going. |
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11:04 |
11:45 |
Chief
Mark: The white man said, “If you want
to make a go of this within a few years you’ll be running cattle right up to
the hills. It’ll be a great success,” he said. But where is it? After Mr
Smith left, What cattle we had ended up in our bellies. Every storehouse we
built…only the foundations remain. The cement slab in Vanikuva village is
proof of that. The more I think about it, the more sorry I get. |
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11:45 |
12:06 |
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Chief
Mark: Haforai Development Company... I
was the one who registered it in Honiara city. But I registered nothing. The
name is registered but nothing at all has come of it. |
12:06 |
12:14 |
Man rolling cigarette, m/s |
Chief
Mark v/o: I myself told Kalena to come. I
allowed them to cut our logs. |
12:14 |
12:22 |
Chief
Mark: So I just hope that logging
doesn’t fail us like other ventures have. |
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12:22 |
12:28 |
Chief Mark sits down |
Meeting atmos |
12:28 |
Zama
v/o: Okay, for the fourth time now,
Haforai people want to get rid of the executive. |
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12:36 |
12:54 |
Timothy Zama responds to the
chief’s remarks, c/u |
Zama: Secretary, write down what I am saying. Four times
now you've moved to sack the executive. Four times! But you've never come up
with any solid grounds. Why do you want to remove us? What is the mistake? |
12:54 |
13:00 |
Chief Mark looking upset, c/u |
Zama
v/o: Who did something wrong that you
want to replace him? What is wrong? |
13:22 |
Zama:
What wrong has been done by my brother
in Honiara, our financial controller, that makes you want to remove him? And
what’s wrong with Jack? Tell us right now. Is it a problem that he's short?
Don't sit on the sidelines full of jealousy, telling tales. It’s nothing but
jealousy! |
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13:22 |
14:10 |
Timothy Zama gesticulating at
meeting, w/s |
Zama: When you talk about the chairmanship you are
talking about me. OK you tell me.
Maybe you’re wrong. Tell me… Why can't you tell me to my face? Tell me! Tell
me so I can hear. What exactly have I stolen? Tell us all right now. At the first meeting, I wrote on
the blackboard, explaining the whole financial situation of Haforai tribe.
Right here. I explained exactly how much went to royalties, how much went to
this, how much went to that. You all sat there, nodding in agreement. After
two or three weeks another complaint. If you don't understand how all these
things function, you keep yourself quiet, and get out of the way. |
14:10 |
14:19 |
Zama
v/o: I'm not afraid to talk. My
mother is pure Haforai. I won’t hesitate to speak out. I will talk to you
people! |
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14:19 |
14:34 |
Zama: That logging contract for Haporai land… You say you
negotiated it. I tell you old man that’s bullshit. Don't lie to the people.
My own mouth, my own hands… I managed it all from A to Z. |
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14:34 |
14:37 |
Zama: I did it. You just waited to sign once the
negotiations were done. |
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14:37 |
14:46 |
Timothy Zama, m/s |
Zama: I wasn't born of my mother to be chairman. The
people elected me to be the chairman. |
14:46 |
14:52 |
RENDOVA
CUP SOCCER MATCH Crowd scene |
Crowd cheering |
14:52 |
14:58 |
Soccer tackle |
Sync effects |
14:58 |
15:03 |
Goal kick, w/s |
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15:03 |
15:05 |
Players running |
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15:05 |
15:16 |
Players after match |
Zama
v/o: Everyone go back. Be quiet. You
over there, shut your mouth. |
15:12 |
15:15 |
Zama shouting through megaphone |
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15:16 |
15:22 |
Dreadlocked man in crowd |
Zama
v/o: May I now announce with great,
great pleasure |
15:22 |
15:34 |
Zama: the winners of the Rendova Cup the logging company team from Kenelo. Come
and shake hands & take your cup. |
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15:34 |
15:52 |
Zama
v/o: Shake hands. Give them another
clap! Let’s also thank the company for clearing the playing field. |
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15:52 |
16:07 |
ARCHIVES
(black & white) Copra recruits in row boat |
Film projector sound commences |
16:07 |
16:15 |
Archive film caption: "In 1905 Lever Bros purchased large areas of
land for plantations and thus began the training of the natives and the commercial devel- opment of the Solomons." |
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16:15 |
16:21 |
Busy wharf, cranes |
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16:21 |
16:26 |
Colonials inspect copra recruits |
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16:26 |
16:32 |
Archive film caption: "Those who pass sign, by touching a pencil held by the magistrate, for two years' service." |
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16:32 |
16:42 |
Recruits touch pencil |
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16:42 |
16:44 |
Grandpa & grandchildren,
Sydney |
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16:44 |
16:50 |
Archive film caption: “Thus my dears, are the natives recruited for service on the wonderful plantations of Lever Bros.” |
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16:50 |
16:56 |
Workers clear forest |
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16:56 |
16:59 |
Workers fell tree |
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16:59 |
17:02 |
Workers split coconuts (end b/w images) |
Film projector sound ceases |
17:02 |
17:18 |
Truck drives past stacked logs |
Sync effects, dissolve into: |
17:12 |
17:18 |
Jack
Daniels v/o: The present company that is
operating on Rendova Island is Kalena Timber Company. |
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17:18 |
17:38 |
Jack
Daniels (English): Originally it
was an Australian company, and it was that Australian company that did the
negotiation with the landowners. And if I could remember very well, it was in
the year 1991 that the company was sold out to a Malaysian logging company. And
the present operator is a Malaysian logging company. |
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17:38 |
18:00 |
Jack: I benefit personally from the company because I am
an employee, so I get my benefits out of my salary and a couple of times time
me have problems, I have to see the company over there to lend me some very
free arrangements and assistance to me personally. |
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18:00 |
18:37 |
Jack Daniels talks to camera, m/s |
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18:37 |
19:20 |
Jack Daniels talks to camera, c/u |
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19:20 |
19:27 |
KATY
COLLECTING MOLLUSCS |
Coastal atmos |
19:27 |
19:34 |
Katy collecting molluscs, w/s |
Sync effects |
19:34 |
19:38 |
Katy prying mollusc from rock,
c/u |
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19:38 |
19:53 |
Katy places molluscs into basket |
Katy
Soapi: Once you disturb them you have to
get them as quickly as you can because they can stick very strongly to the
rock. |
19:53 |
19:57 |
Mollusc on rock shelf, c/u |
Coastal atmos, dissolves to: |
19:57 |
20:05 |
Boy collecting shells w/s |
Katy
v/o: Attitudes towards land are
changing. |
20:05 |
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KATY
SOAPI |
Katy: People tend to think they don't get much out of the
land when in fact they rely on land for gardens, for all they need. Food,
water... Everything comes from the land. But they don't actually see money
coming out of it, so they don't think they benefit from their land or their
forest. |
20:28 |
20:59 |
Katy: These days, if somebody goes fishing… The family
next door may catch some but not offer you any. They'll keep the whole catch
for themselves. But before, if somebody went fishing, he'd come back and bake
the fish and cut it up, and from one end of the village to the other, he'd
give 3 or 4 parcels to each family. That's how life was in the past sharing
and looking after each other's welfare. |
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20:59 |
21:44 |
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Katy: A man inherits land through his mother. So now
everybody argues about who was born of a man, and who was born of a woman of
the tribe. As someone born to a woman has more rights to the land they just
tell a person born to of a man, "You have no power here. You're from a
different tribe." But these people are related through blood. But the company has changed
things. People don't want to recognise anyone. They just care about who has
more power over certain land and who has more power over some other land.
That's the case now in the village. |
21:44 |
21:55 |
Village scene |
Village atmos |
21:55 |
22:01 |
HAFORAI
TRIBE MEETING 3 Chief Mark c/u |
Zama
v/o: Now I will come to the post of
chief. You, we've already given you an aluminium dinghy. |
22:01 |
22:42 |
Timothy Zama talks to meeting,
m/s |
Zama: The one you run around in. We gave you an outboard
motor, 25 horsepower, so that you can get about. Then you went to Honiara
city and you accepted a mini bus. Again in Honiara KTC gave you $16,000 in
rent. You have also received all kinds of allowances, since December... a total of
$30,000. $1000 per month is what you’re getting. To be the chief of the
people you must be seen to be fair. Well, do you treat your people well? Who
else has got a bus? |
22:42 |
22:58 |
Zama
v/o: If you're truly the chief, you
should look after us. Don't treat us badly, old man. You should take care of
us, look after us. Let me read some more... The total value of goods you
received... |
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22:58 |
23:03 |
Chief Mark, c/u. Pan to Zama: |
Zama
v/o: is $310,127 and 17 cents.
Everything is in this book. |
23:03 |
Timothy Zama talks to meeting,
c/u |
Zama:
You say you want an audit of Haforai
money. Why? Do you want to get in trouble yourself? Because your own sins
will be exposed. |
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23:11 |
23:19 |
Zama
v/o: I want the whole tribe to hear
everything you’re hiding, and make your decision today... which direction you
want Haforai tribe to go. |
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23:19 |
23:31 |
LOG
WHARF Log loader at night time |
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23:31 |
23:36 |
VIDEO
NIGHT |
Sync effects |
23:36 |
23:41 |
Children watching video, w/s |
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23:41 |
23:43 |
Boy watching video, e/c/u |
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23:43 |
23:56 |
Video screen |
Dialogue
(all in English): Man: "So how come you're not
watching the Oscars tonight?" Shopkeeper: "The
Oscars?" Man: "Yeah, the
oscars." Shopkeeper: "I hate the
Oscars." Man: "You're not having a
good time, huh?" Shopkeeper: "Who needs the
god damn movies anyway?" |
23:56 |
23:59 |
Children watch video, from rear |
Dialogue: Shopkeeper: "I get a show in
hear every single night." Man: "Yeah!" |
23:59 |
24:06 |
Video screen |
Dialogue: Shopkeeper: "You got horror,
sex, freaks, violence... Holy shit." Thug: "Do you rememeber me
Vuiko?" |
24:06 |
24:19 |
Boy watching video flinches at
sound of gunshot, c/u |
Dialogue: Thug: "You know what I want.
Go ahead. Move! Move it." Shopkeeper v/o: "I've got
half a mind to get out there and..." (loud gunshot) |
24:19 |
24:26 |
Moonrise behind tree |
Dialogue: Thug: "Now you only got half
a mind." |
24:26 |
24:30 |
Palm trees and reef |
Sync effects |
24:30 |
24:36 |
LOGGING Silas Diko prepares log for
snigging |
Sync effects |
24:36 |
24:45 |
Bulldozer drags log |
Sync effects, dissolve into |
24:45 |
24:47 |
Mary
Bea v/o: It's a good idea for people to
speak out |
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24:47 |
25:03 |
MARY
BEA & VILLAGE WOMEN Mary Bea talks to camera |
Mary
Bea: but something's wrong with us
Solomon Islanders. We're too afraid to speak out. Men, especially, are afraid
to speak out against men. So as women, we should speak out on behalf of men
too. |
25:03 |
25:12 |
Seruvae Matthew amongst group of
women, w/s |
Seruvae: My name is Seruvae. I want to talk about this
company that's come. On behalf of us women. |
25:12 |
25:37 |
Seruvae Matthew talks to camera,
m/s |
Seruvae: Never mind that we get money from logging, I don't
worry about money because I never lived on money in the past. It’s only since
logging has come that I’ve seen money. When I lived with my mother on our
land, money didn't matter. I never worried about money. I'm concerned about
my land. I'm concerned about my garden, the ground my mother left me. |
25:37 |
26:06 |
Seruvae Matthew talks to camera,
c/u |
Seruvae: People who support logging say, "But it’s good
for us. We’ll get a road system. You can load your produce and bring it down
on a truck." But we don't need trucks to carry anything for us. Our
worry is land. That's all that concerns us. |
26:06 |
26:10 |
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26:10 |
26:35 |
Duka: My name's Duka, I'm unhappy about the company...
that it has come here. Now we see a lot of forest animals because the trees
were bulldozed. They’re forced to come into our gardens. Birds and animals
are ruining our gardens. That is why we don't want the company here. Thank
you. |
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26:35 |
26:49 |
Seruvae Matthew talks to camera,
c/u |
Seruvae: If I
complain to the KTC manager he'd just refer me to the men who like the
company... "They still want us to go
ahead." That's all he would say. |
26:49 |
26:59 |
Kids jump off rock |
Sync effects |
26:59 |
27:09 |
ARCHIVES
(black & white) Kids playing in sea |
Film projector sound commences |
27:09 |
27:14 |
Worker filling copra sack |
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27:14 |
27:19 |
Archive film caption: "All is hustle and bustle on the arrival of an oversea vessel for a consignment of copra." |
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27:19 |
27:24 |
Ship approaches coconut
plantation |
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27:24 |
27:33 |
Workers carry copra sacks to ship |
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27:33 |
27:39 |
Archive film caption: "On the completion of two years service the Company arrange for the return of the "Boys" to their parents and tribes." |
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27:39 |
27:43 |
Workers climb out of boat |
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27:43 |
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Worker greets parents (end b/w images) |
Film projector sound ceases |
27:51 |
27:56 |
LOGGING
/ SILAS DIKO Log ship approaches w/s |
Sync effects |
27:56 |
28:01 |
Silas sharpens chainsaw |
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28:01 |
28:07 |
Silas sharpens chainsaw, tilt to
face |
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28:07 |
28:12 |
Forest scene |
Silas
v/o: For six months now |
28:12 |
28:50 |
Silas Diko talks to camera |
Silas: I've worked for this company. Actually, we don't
get a fortnightly wage. It's contract work, so we must take our logs down to
the wharf. They have to be scaled up before we get our money. We get very
little money. But it does help us to look after our families and ourselves. |
28:50 |
29:29 |
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Silas: Of course I cut down trees, working as a logger but
I still think about the future too. I think it's better that we don't destroy
our forests. Instead of accepting big logging companies… Asian companies, we
should have small mills and cut the timber ourselves, for export and for
development for ourselves. That's what I think. |
29:29 |
29:37 |
Silas cutting tree with chainsaw |
Sync effects |
29:37 |
29:40 |
HAFORAI
TRIBE MEETING 4 |
Tamana
Aseri: Those who should benefit. From
this resource, don't benefit. |
29:40 |
30:07 |
Tamana talks at meeting, m/s |
Tamana:
I propose that we leave the executive in
place, but you men must do what’s needed to stop these suspicions, to stop us
having to raise all |
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these questions. What’s needed
are proper financial statements and reports. Let us all see just how our
company operates. To put an end to all these questions. |
30:07 |
30:14 |
People outside meeting |
Zama
v/o: Under my chairmanship, the sum
in the Haforai account |
30:14 |
30:23 |
Zama: Now stands at $708,000 and no cents. If you want a
ship, tomorrow I'll buy a ship. What is it that you say is wrong? |
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30:23 |
30:29 |
Timothy Zama talks at meeting,
m/s |
Zama: Who says Haforai will die tomorrow? Anyone? |
30:29 |
30:37 |
Zama
v/o: You have very limited
information. And don't teach the people wrong information. |
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30:37 |
30:57 |
Timothy Zama talks at meeting,
m/s |
Zama: I don't want an outsider to come and lead my tribe.
No way! You’ll get nothing but lies. You're confused enough as it is. You are
like cripples on crutches, and you'll only get more confused. All you
outsiders should go back to where you came from. |
30:57 |
31:02 |
Man
v/o: Zama's father wants to speak. |
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31:02 |
31:09 |
Zama's
father: I don't have much to say but my
son has said a lot. Now I ask him to calm down a bit. |
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31:09 |
Zama's father addresses meeting,
m/s |
Zama's
father: This behaviour isn't part of our
culture. But it's something that comes from somewhere else. Think seriously
about this... The company is not our brother. The company hands out thousands
of dollars but it is not our brother or our sister. It has only just arrived
here. Be careful Haforai, don't break about this very nice money. |
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31:36 |
31:49 |
Zama's father addresses meeting,
c/u |
Zama's
father: Don't let KTC divide us. We
should behave according to our customs, And not be spoiled by this money or
this development. |
31:49 |
31:51 |
Zama's
father: Thankyou, chairman. |
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31:51 |
31:56 |
Jack
Daniels v/o: Thankyou very much. |
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31:56 |
32:04 |
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32:04 |
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Mary
v/o (English): To us women, logging is
destruction and pollution. |
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32:12 |
32:36 |
Mary: We're affected by the pollution in the sea because
we collect seaweed to feed to our children. We go fishing too, to feed our
children. But all our fishing grounds now, after logging, we don't have
enough fish. |
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32:36 |
32:41 |
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32:41 |
32:46 |
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32:46 |
32:52 |
Mary
v/o: Tetepare island is a very
innocent island. It's our stand-by land. |
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32:52 |
33:04 |
Mary:
Well Rendova is being spoiled now and
where can we go? We have Tetepare there left, the only place left for us...
for everything that we need. |
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33:04 |
33:08 |
Sync effects, dissolve to: |
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33:08 |
33:22 |
Jonathan
Suka v/o: On Tetepare Island there live
many spirits. "Island of Spirits" my father used to say. |
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33:22 |
33:44 |
Jonathan
Suka: My father was descended from
Tetepare, So he knew all about the Tetepare culture. He would take me to
Tetepare and show me sacred places and tell me about old customs. "These
you must treasure," That's what he said to me. |
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33:44 |
33:49 |
Jonathan
v/o: Tetepare people deserted the
island because of betrayal, deceit and infighting. |
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33:49 |
34:30 |
Jonathan: I don't know
how long ago they left. But I think seven generations have gone by. Since the
time of Nidu, to Gisa, Gisa to Nokala, Nokala to me, me to Maurini, Maurini
to Lizabeti, Lizabeti to Alisi. So that makes seven. So it may be 170 years
since they left. That's what I think. |
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34:30 |
34:47 |
Jonathan
v/o: They left behind their
traditional money… Their stone money. The things they left behind are still
there… in the bush or in the ruins of villages. It’s said there are even
things hidden in caves. |
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34:47 |
35:04 |
Sync effects |
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35:04 |
35:09 |
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35:09 |
35:14 |
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35:14 |
35:21 |
Sync effects, forest atmos |
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35:21 |
35:35 |
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35:35 |
35:50 |
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35:50 |
36:10 |
Mathias: I must explain If a white person or even someone
from Rendova comes here for the first time, I have to tell the spirits,
"Don't harm this person, because I brought this person here. "Keep
an eye on them but let them stay with us." |
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36:10 |
36:22 |
Distant sounds of pig hunt |
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36:22 |
36:28 |
Sync effects |
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36:28 |
36:45 |
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36:45 |
37:05 |
Mathias: We come here to hunt pigs, possums, coconut crabs,
eels… and many more things that are available here. Lots of bush foods… but
it is forbidden to harm the iguana. We must let them be because they’re the
people of Tetepare. |
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37:05 |
37:20 |
Forest atmos |
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37:20 |
37:30 |
Mathias: They are not really spirits, we say that they are
people. Even old Jonathan will tell you that. We believe iguanas are the
people of this island. |
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37:30 |
37:52 |
Sync effects |
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37:52 |
38:01 |
Sync effects, dissolve to: Mathias
v/o: All the islands are starting to
be spoiled. |
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38:01 |
38:14 |
Mathias: There is only one Tetepare and if we preserve it,
it will remain like it is today. People will really value this virgin island
when all others are ruined. |
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38:14 |
38:18 |
Sync effects |
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38:18 |
38:22 |
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38:22 |
38:25 |
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38:25 |
38:29 |
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38:25 |
38:41 |
Mathias
v/o: Every six months a person may
get $25… the lucky ones $100. |
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38:41 |
38:56 |
Mathias: When I receive royalties, I go to the store and
blow it all. I buy clothes, canned food. When the royalties are gone, they're
gone. Everything is wasted. |
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38:56 |
39:38 |
Mathias:
Because we didn’t see money before… We
rarely saw a lot of money. The bit of money we now get they call
"royalty", but it’s only fit to be called "poverty". They
just give us rubbish. It's not that we're unaware of
that. We understand, We realise what's going on. We know how little we’re
getting out of it. And our leaders, those clever people amongst us on
Rendova, they know too. I don't want this kind of thing to happen to us
again. |
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39:38 |
39:41 |
Sync effects, forest atmos |
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39:41 |
39:46 |
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39:46 |
39:50 |
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39:50 |
39:58 |
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39:58 |
40:00 |
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40:00 |
40:08 |
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40:08 |
40:13 |
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40:13 |
40:18 |
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40:18 |
40:25 |
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40:25 |
40:27 |
Mathias
v/o: It seems that most people like
to work. |
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40:27 |
40:51 |
Mathias:
But there’s no work because there’s no
sawmill. When it comes to royalties, people just sit and wait for royalties.
Royalties aren't something we create ourselves, the company just provides
them. So a man can just sit and expect royalties to come. Whether he does
nothing or does other things, royalties will come. |
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40:51 |
40:59 |
Sync effects |
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40:59 |
41:06 |
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41:06 |
41:14 |
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41:14 |
41:19 |
Mathias
v/o: There's a special story about
this wall. |
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41:19 |
41:33 |
Mathias:
I asked old Johnathan and the others who
should know about it. But they couldn't tell me for sure. So I don't know
exactly why this wall looks the way it does. |
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41:33 |
41:38 |
Mathias
v/o:These sacred places are not just
piles of stones, not just any old hill. |
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41:38 |
41:44 |
Mathias
v/o: Some are burial places and
special places of worship. |
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41:44 |
41:50 |
Mathias
v/o: We shouldn't ruin our sacred
sites. |
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41:50 |
41:57 |
Mathias
v/o: We must preserve them. |
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41:57 |
42:03 |
Sync effects |
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42:03 |
42:09 |
Coast atmos, dissolve to: |
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42:09 |
42:15 |
Katy
v/o: This plan to log Tetepare, it's
real. |
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42:15 |
42:36 |
Katy:
Actually, there's already a company
coming and people say we should sign a contract. People already held meetings
and chose trustees and chose a chairman, secretary and everything. There's a
very real plan to log Tetepare. |
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42:36 |
42:44 |
Zama
v/o: Since I came into politics... |
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42:44 |
43:35 |
Zama:
The first proposal for Tetepare is that
determination for logging by the landowners themselves, That's still under
strong dispute between the two parties. Number two is that group from
Malaysia. A lot of promises... But I can’t count all these eggs before
they're hatched. Whether they're telling the truth or lying, I don't know...
and the last one is the Australian one. As a minister responsible for
investment, I think and I always think that there will be applicant come
through the province, which will come to me about Tetepare. I mean, from
those foreigners who are interested in whatever activity they have a mind to
do. |
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43:35 |
43:39 |
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43:39 |
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44:30 |
44:33 |
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44:33 |
44:38 |
Zama: Tamana, you're from Roviana, from Nduke. Do you
hear? You are not Haforai. |
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44:38 |
44:45 |
Zama
v/o: We are the true descendants of
women of Haforai. We will never die. |
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44:45 |
44:55 |
Zama: Our mothers raised girls, who raised more girls...
They will continue. Haforai will never end I tell you straight. |
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44:55 |
45:25 |
Tamana:
If you Lokuru people are now trying to
deny that our elders are part of Haforai tribe, that's the first time we've
heard that. Because through our history and through our ancestors, we know
very well that our people are Haforai. All of my people are Haforai. And if
all of a sudden you all say "It’s not so," Then something’s very
wrong. |
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45:25 |
Chief
Mark v/o: Today I've heard all kinds of
talk. |
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45:35 |
45:45 |
Chief
Mark: Me too! I'm beginning to doubt if
I'm truly Haforai. I wasn’t born in this village. I don't know. |
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45:45 |
46:29 |
Chief
Mark: But you people are saying all
kinds of things. Who’s going to set us straight? You all know so much more
than I do. I'm not educated at all. The things I talked about when we began
today... "Warning!" I said. "Let's be careful," I said.
"Let's not go the wrong way." That's the warning I gave you. |
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46:29 |
47:06 |
Chief
Mark: But if you people say I'm not
true Haforai. It’s not going to bother me. The ground I sleep on will still
be there. And once I’m dead, that'll be it. Haforai land can't go with me to
the grave. I'll be buried all by myself. But that’s all. I’m finished as
chief of Haforai, finished from today. I can't worry about that. |
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47:06 |
47:13 |
ARCHIVES
(black & white) Man with spear & face
decoration |
Film projector sound commences |
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47:21 |
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47:29 |
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47:36 |
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47:40 |
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47:44 |
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47:57 |
48:00 |
Film projector comes to a stop |
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48:00 |
48:02 |
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48:02 |
48:10 |
Meeting atmos |
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48:10 |
48:24 |
Pastor:
If you don’t make peace tonight, we'll
all be sorry. You make me really upset. I’m speaking as your pastor. If you
two can't make peace this evening old man... You'll make my heart cry. |
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48:24 |
48:33 |
Pastor: Some of your people have hurt you, accused you...
"You’ve got this, you took that..." Sorry, I am saying sorry. |
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48:33 |
49:01 |
Pastor: Some people will say the old man is wrong, but it's
his work... He has to call the tribe together if anything is wrong. It's his
tribe, if anything comes up, he must resolve it. So, very good, old man. Secondly we have your chairman.
He’s my cousin. His words make a lot of sense. He wants to sort it out. He’s
the one who really knows the company. What we don't understand he does. |
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49:01 |
49:12 |
Pastor: "The accounts are like this... The
schedule..." He knows it better than any of us. So very good that the
chief called us here to sort it out. |
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49:12 |
49:44 |
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49:44 |
50:01 |
Pastor: So how about it? Will you shake hands now as a good
gesture of goodwill? This is my plea to you, old man. Thankyou very much. |
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50:01 |
50:30 |
Zama: If the old man wants to shake hands, I’m ready. I
'll take the chair, and wind up the meeting. If he wants. But if he says no,
I can hardly overrule him, the chief. That’s not my place. That's all. If he
agrees, I'll shake his hand, I'll take back the chair. I'll close the
meeting, then we can all go. That's all from me. |
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50:30 |
Chief
Mark: There are still issues I’d hoped
we might resolve have gone off the track. And now it's too late. But I’m
happy to shake hands and any time Zama wants another meeting, we can arrange
that too. Thats all... Is that good enough? |
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50:54 |
50:56 |
Jack
Daniels v/o (English): Very good. |
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50:56 |
Chief
Mark: I will shake with Zama now. (cheers and clapping) |
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51:06 |
51:08 |
Pastor:
Quiet! |
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51:08 |
51:15 |
Pastor
v/o :I'd like us to say a short prayer
now. We pray, Papa God... |
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51:15 |
51:22 |
Pastor: You call us to be your servants, to do your will. Thank
you for chief Mark and thankyou for
your servant chairman Timothy Zama. |
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51:22 |
51:38 |
Zama
v/o: I now officially declare that the
meeting is closed. Just one thing I want to remind everyone... Only one thing
I want to remind us of... "You don’t ever rewind the cassette." If
you rewind that cassette, |
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51:38 |
51:44 |
Zama
v/o: then we will still be dragging
back to where we were at. |
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51:44 |
51:55 |
Meeting atmos |
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51:55 |
52:35 |
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52:35 |
52:41 |
Log ship sound, dissolves to: |
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52:41 |
53:28 |
Coast atmos |
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53:30 |
53:36 |
Logs bang against ship’s hull |
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53:36 |
53:39 |
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58:39 |
53:41 |
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53:41 |
53:43 |
Log ship sound fades out |
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PROGRAM ENDS (Program duration
0:52:13:00) |
Producer: Russell Hawkins