Date/Time
Date(s) - Fri 24 July
18:15
Location
The Roxy Cinema
The deepest dive reveals an ancient lineage.
Nicole Yamase becomes the first Micronesian and Indigenous person to dive to “Challenger Deep” in the Marianas Trench, the deepest point in the ocean. As global attention intensifies, the weight of expectation pushes her to confront what it means to carry this historic first. Beyond the record, she turns inward, exploring her identity as a descendant of master navigators. In the silence of the ocean’s depths, a richer story emerges of Pacific resilience where culture, language and ancestral knowledge endure.
This film is preceded by the short film, Tied with the Tides, (10 mins).
Tuvalu is one of the world’s most vulnerable island nations. It is sinking. For its young people, climate change is forcing them to make an impossible choice: leave for a future elsewhere, knowing you may never return, or stay and fight for a home the ocean is claiming.
Part of the Doc Edge Film Festival
Single tickets $ 25.00
Concession $ 21.00 (Available for students, seniors 60+, and community services cardholders. Appropriate card and/or proof of age required)
Doc Edge Members $ 18.00 (use your membership number when buying ticket)
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