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EYE OF THE OCTOPUS

Description:
A 13-year old boy from a New Zealand city goes to Ribono, a remote and tiny Pacific island in the Kiribati group. On an isolated atoll, he faces a number of tests of courage; first he has to learn to climb a tall coconut palm, then he has to master a canoe built specially for him, third he has to learn skindiving- not only in the sheltered lagoon but also in the ocean, within sight of sharks...
Display date:
1981
Location:
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Format:
MovingImage
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
Director: James Siers
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