Four years in the making, There Was Once an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho is the story of a Pacific Island community in Papua New Guinea – their unique way of life and their fight to preserve what really matters in the face of climate change. We follow Satty, Endar, Teloo and their families as they must decide what matters most – body or soul. As a huge flood rips through the island, destroying homes and gardens, each family struggles with the reality of the atoll’s situation. With limited communication or support, can they justify staying and risking physical safety to maintain all that makes them who they are, or must they become environmental refugees, leaving for a very different life in neighboring Bougainville, still rife with violence after a 10-year civil conflict?
Briar March was born in 1980. Documentary director and Fulbright scholar. In addition to her own filmmaking, Briar has worked closely with award-winning filmmaker Annie Goldson. She has directed music videos, magazine shows, and commercials and has a production company with Lyn Collie, On The Level Productions. Briar is currently completing an MFA at Stanford University at California.
Allie Eagle and Me (2004), Michael and His Dragon (2010), Sick Wid It (2010), Promenade (2010), There Was Once an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho (2010)
