Original language(s) English No. of episodes 8 Number of episodes 8 Language English | No. of series 1 First episode date 1992 Genre Drama Number of series 1 | |
Created by William Takaku, Albert Toro | ||
Warriors in Transit is a 1992 Papua New Guinea theatrical television series (or televised play), written and directed by William Takaku and Albert Toro. It consists in eight episodes, lasting twenty-five minutes each. It was the first ever "broadcast-length drama wholly conceived and produced by Papua New Guineans". Its production cost approximately €125,000.
The series "depicts political duplicity and the disintegration of a family in the Port Moresby settlements". Its central characters are parents who attempt, unsuccessfully, to look after their sick child. Takaku has stated that the parents' characters represent the Papua New Guinean government, while the child represents the nation.
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