A Grassroots Peace Movement in Papua New Guinea’s Hela Province

Nearly two decades of tribal conflict have decimated local communities throughout Papua New Guinea’s Hela Province. Today, the region sees some of the highest levels of family and sexual violence in the world outside of war zones, forcing many local people - especially women - to flee Hela in search of refuge. However, there is a burgeoning movement of community leaders working to not only understand what’s driving the violence, but to build the foundations for peace at the grassroots level in places where outside interventions have either failed or are nonexistent.
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Video Credits:
Production Company: Anxious Coconut Studios
-Director, Editor and Camera 1: Godfree Murapi Kaptigau
-Producer, Logistics and Camera 2: Clyde Kaila
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[@Natures_Son]

Interesting short documentary. Wonderful inputs from Mrs Kissam-Tindiwi and Mr Komengi. It would be more contextual and appropriate if the voice over was done by a Papua New Guinean.

[@clydekailastorytellers]

It was.

[@nolramhau123456789]

He is😢

[@Logan4315]

I am 😭

[@leannejorari3850]

He is Papua New Guinean and he wrote, voiced and edited this doco.

[@EMINADO.1.11]

Unite Papua Island by liberating West Papua from Indonesia colonization and Genocide.

[@Natures_Son]

Yes! Papua merdeka!