South Pacific - Oceania: The Philippines, Kiribati

Location:Kiribati
Subject:Documentary
Length:22 minutes
Format:1/2-inch VHS; DVD
Hue:Color
Year Released:1991
Series:Our Developing World
Director:Jean-Francois Arrou-Vignod
Producer:United Nations Development Programme
Distributor:Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 14147; UHM AV/C DVD 10058
Description:Cultural and environmental deprivation are featured in this program. The first part details efforts under way to improve the lives of 150,000 people living on the active "Smoky Mountain" volcano near Manila, where the city dumps its garbage. Life on the South Pacific islands of Kiribati is shown as something less than paradise. Isolation, poor soils, limited resources, scarce drinking water, and frequent, devastating hurricanes make life a daily struggle for residents.
Record No:1935
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