Wan Smolbag Theater

Olivia and I went to a showing of the latest film by Wan Smolbag tonight. http://www.wan-smolbag-theatre.org/ Wan Smolbag is a theater group dedicated to social change. The produce plays and films with a message. The film was shown at a local school – Ecole Anabrou and the 100v (a little over a dollar) entry fee was donated to the school. There were about 300 people there to view the film. During intermission food, drinks and kava were sold.

The movie was well made, very interesting and had so many themes: adultery, domestic violence, murder, working for foreigners, magic, family ties, community ties, chiefs, gossip and many, many, more! There were songs as well. The performers spoke in Bislama and there were English subtitles. Some things were lost in translation because the crowd would sometimes burst into laughter at things we did not find funny. I was a little surprised to see that there were so many children of all ages at a film with such serious content. No rating system here…