Pacific Island Movies

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island b...

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.

US-Navy pilot Lt. Richard Tabor crash-lands on a south Pacific isle called Love Island in English. Richard befriends the Balinese beauty Sarna. The ba...

Passengers struggle to survive after their plane crashes on a remote island. Director Richard Wilson's 1958 drama stars Esther Williams, Jeff Chandler...

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Walt Disney Animation Studios' MOANA, as aided by the Oceanic Story Trust.

James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely...

Coming of age as an Indigenous woman on the South Pacific Islands is a process full of change. Every island may be different but they are connected by...

Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether i...

This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has changed little in the years since Fletcher Christian an...

A documentary that takes a retrospective look at the influence of Mau Piailug, a native from the tiny Micronesian atoll of Satawal, in reviving the ar...

A humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

If you had never heard of an airplane, would you think it was a miracle when one arrived? Waiting for John tells the story of America's incredible imp...

Home movies shot on Nauru in 1973.

Call It Courage is a story set in the Pacific Islands. It chronicles the journey of Mafatu, the son of the chief of Hikueru Island, Tavana Nui. Mafatu...

Caught looking at naughty magazines, a thirteen-year-old boy must now navigate through the torments of his ultra conservative South Pacific island com...

How does a nation survive being swallowed by the sea? Kiribati, on a low-lying Pacific atoll, will disappear within decades due to rising sea levels,...

A short documentary on the upcoming conversion of the nation of Tokelau to 100% solar power.

During the most celebrated cultural event on the island of Guam, USA (the annual Liberation Day Parade),a group of brave and determined youth come to...

The Pacific islands of Kiribati were among the last places to be colonized by humans. But now, because of rising sea levels, they may be among the fir...

On Wednesday, July 17th 2019, a heavily armed police force arrested 36 Native Hawaiian kūpuna peacefully protecting Maunakea from desecration. The act...