The movie Tanna stars Yakel tribespeople Marie Wawa ... Eventually, with the help of Vanuatu's cultural authorities, he made contact with the Yakel tribe who agreed to host him.

Deep in the jungle of Tanna Island, in the Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific ... the Yakel had never seen a movie. That didn’t prove an impediment to making one. The principles of ...

The eternal story of young lovers breaking all the rules and risking everything to be together is beautifully told in “Tanna,” the ... South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Based on dramatic ...

The Yakel are one of the tribes on the volcanic island of Tanna in the Vanuatu archipelago — about ... piece of ethnographic filmmaking and a movie Butler and Dean clearly had in mind.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The film "Tanna" is named ... the archipelago country of Vanuatu, north of New Zealand. It was made by members of a tribe who had never seen a movie - much less made one ...

It's a long way from Vanuatu to the red carpet of the Academy Awards in Los Angeles. But a special group of people are preparing to make the long trip from a remote island in the South Pacific ...

Mungau Dain in Vanuatu. Source: Facebook - Tanna Movie "We are devastated to hear of the sudden passing of our dear loving friend Mungau Dain today in Port Vila," their Facebook post said.

According to Mr Dean, most Australians are missing out on Vanuatu’s best parts. Behind the scenes of Tanna, a Romeo and ... time actors who had never seen a movie. “You have high hopes when ...

Eventually, with the help of Vanuatu's cultural authorities ... acid rain while filming on Tanna's volcano. The volcano Yasur is featured prominently in the movie Even the film's premiere at ...

Eventually, with the help of Vanuatu's cultural authorities ... acid rain while filming on Tanna's volcano. The volcano Yasur is featured prominently in the movie Even the film's premiere at ...