Wokabaut Bilong Tonten, also known as Tonten's Travels, is a 1974 Australian film filmed in Papua New Guinea with an indigenous cast. It was created for the Papua New Guinean government as a film promoting unity in the recently independent country. It was shot in Pidgin with English subtitles.
Plot After his wife dies Tonten travels across the country in search of his missing brother in law.
Cast Turuk Wabei as Tonten Anton Sil as Aki Elmis Nugur Pearson Vetuna Idau Rei John Nilkare Dorcas Thomas
Reception Colin Bennett in the Age said "By the end I knew more of PNG than most non-fiction cinema has told me ... and had learned it painlessly, the easy way. Wokabaut, despite some understandable unevenness in the acting, contains a good deal more than novelty value. An achievement for both countries - one hopes the first of many."
References
External links
Wokabaut Bilong Tonten at The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia