Fetau, Maleko and Lifa prepare to evacuate their home. Rising sea levels and land subsidence on the atoll of Tuvalu is forcing them to leave for Niu Sila.
The poignancy of abandoning their culture and history is contrasted with the excitement of a new land and culture ahead. Some of their countrypeople decide to stay; some of them not revealing this until the boat is waiting to depart. Full of traditional music, this love song for Tuvalu tugs at your heart and knots your stomach even while the beauty transfixes.
“It is a story of survival, and the costs that we can’t bear to think about.” Theatreview.
Published in dual language English and Tuvaluan.