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'''Marie Wawa''' is a ni-[[Vanuatu]] actress and villager who starred in the 2015 Australian-Vanuatuan film, ''[[Tanna (film)|Tanna]]''. The film, which was the first to be shot entirely in Vanuatu, won two major prizes at the [[2015 Venice Film Festival]] and was nominated for a [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[89th Academy Awards]] in 2017.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|first=Steph |last=Harmon |title=Mungau Dain, Tanna star and 'Vanuatu’s Brad Pitt', dies after untreated leg infection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/mungau-dain-tanna-star-and-vanuatus-brad-pitt-dies-after-untreated-leg-infection |work=[[Guardian Australia]] |publisher= |date=2019-01-06 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107181034/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/mungau-dain-tanna-star-and-vanuatus-brad-pitt-dies-after-untreated-leg-infection |archivedate=2019-01-07 |deadurl=}}</ref> Wawa appears in the lead role opposite [[Mungau Dain]] as two star-crossed lovers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-tanna-review-20160919-snap-story.html|title=The exotic 'Tanna' tells a tale of forbidden love that's as old as time|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|website=latimes.com|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>
'''Marie Wawa''' is a ni-[[Vanuatu]] actress and villager who starred in the 2015 Australian-Vanuatuan film, ''[[Tanna (film)|Tanna]]''. The film, which was the first to be shot entirely in Vanuatu, won two major prizes at the [[2015 Venice Film Festival]] and was nominated for a [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[89th Academy Awards]] in 2017.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|first=Steph |last=Harmon |title=Mungau Dain, Tanna star and 'Vanuatu’s Brad Pitt', dies after untreated leg infection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/mungau-dain-tanna-star-and-vanuatus-brad-pitt-dies-after-untreated-leg-infection |work=[[Guardian Australia]] |date=2019-01-06 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107181034/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/mungau-dain-tanna-star-and-vanuatus-brad-pitt-dies-after-untreated-leg-infection |archivedate=2019-01-07 |url-status=}}</ref> Wawa appears in the lead role opposite [[Mungau Dain]] as two star-crossed lovers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-tanna-review-20160919-snap-story.html|title=The exotic 'Tanna' tells a tale of forbidden love that's as old as time|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|website=latimes.com|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>


Wawa is from the interior village of Yakel on [[Tanna (island)|Tanna island]], [[Tafea Province]], in southern [[Vanuatu]].<ref name=independent>{{cite news|first=Kathy |last=Marks |title=Big-screen debut for Pacific Island tribe who regard Prince Philip as a god |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tanna-big-screen-debut-for-pacific-island-tribe-at-venice-film-festival-10497210.html |work=[[The Independent]] |publisher= |date=2015-09-11 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144053/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tanna-big-screen-debut-for-pacific-island-tribe-at-venice-film-festival-10497210.html |archivedate=2019-01-20 |deadurl=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/movies/tanna-review.html|title=Review: In ‘Tanna,’ Lovers Are Torn Apart to Keep Tribal Peace|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|date=2016-09-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/tanna-the-ancient-vanuatu-tribe-who-had-never-watched-a-film-now-star-in-one-20151103-gkpade.html|title=Tanna: the ancient Vanuatu tribe who had never watched a film now star in one|last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=2015-11-04|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>
Wawa is from the interior village of Yakel on [[Tanna (island)|Tanna island]], [[Tafea Province]], in southern [[Vanuatu]].<ref name=independent>{{cite news|first=Kathy |last=Marks |title=Big-screen debut for Pacific Island tribe who regard Prince Philip as a god |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tanna-big-screen-debut-for-pacific-island-tribe-at-venice-film-festival-10497210.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2015-09-11 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144053/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tanna-big-screen-debut-for-pacific-island-tribe-at-venice-film-festival-10497210.html |archivedate=2019-01-20 |url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/movies/tanna-review.html|title=Review: In ‘Tanna,’ Lovers Are Torn Apart to Keep Tribal Peace|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|date=2016-09-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/tanna-the-ancient-vanuatu-tribe-who-had-never-watched-a-film-now-star-in-one-20151103-gkpade.html|title=Tanna: the ancient Vanuatu tribe who had never watched a film now star in one|last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=2015-11-04|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>


Wawa, like the rest of the cast of ''[[Tanna (film)|Tanna]]'', was a novice, first-time actress with no experience prior to her casting.<ref name=independent/> The film, a story of real-life forbidden love and tragedy, was shot on location around Yakel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38740908|title=The Oscar-worthy film inspired by a tribal song|last=Wong|first=Tessa|date=2017-01-25|access-date=2019-07-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> Narie Wawa was cast in the lead role of Wawa, a young girl who is betrothed in an [[arranged marriage]] as part of a peace deal with another tribe.<ref name=independent/><ref name=wp>{{cite news|first=Stephanie|last=Merry |title='Tanna': A real-life ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ set amid warring tribes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/tanna-a-real-life-romeo-and-juliet-set-amid-warring-tribes/2016/09/29/adb9f25e-84e4-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?utm_term=.44f65d2d1199 |work=[[Washington Post]] |publisher= |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/tanna-a-real-life-romeo-and-juliet-set-amid-warring-tribes/2016/09/29/adb9f25e-84e4-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?utm_term=.44f65d2d1199 |archivedate=2019-02-10 |deadurl=no}}</ref> However, she falls in love with the grandson of her chief, played by [[Mungau Dain]].<ref name=guardian/><ref name=wp/> Their families refuse to allow the couple to marry.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Ives |title=Mungau Dain, Villager Star in Pacific Island Film, Dies at 24 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/obituaries/mungau-dain-dead.html |work=[[New York Times]] |publisher= |date=2019-01-10 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110232121/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/obituaries/mungau-dain-dead.html |archivedate=2019-01-10 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The couple flee and eventually commit suicide, mirroring the true real-life tragedy of a Tannese couple in the 1980s.<ref name=nytimes/> The tragic circumstances led the elders to legalize [[love marriage]]s.<ref name=nytimes/>
Wawa, like the rest of the cast of ''[[Tanna (film)|Tanna]]'', was a novice, first-time actress with no experience prior to her casting.<ref name=independent/> The film, a story of real-life forbidden love and tragedy, was shot on location around Yakel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38740908|title=The Oscar-worthy film inspired by a tribal song|last=Wong|first=Tessa|date=2017-01-25|access-date=2019-07-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> Narie Wawa was cast in the lead role of Wawa, a young girl who is betrothed in an [[arranged marriage]] as part of a peace deal with another tribe.<ref name=independent/><ref name=wp>{{cite news|first=Stephanie|last=Merry |title='Tanna': A real-life ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ set amid warring tribes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/tanna-a-real-life-romeo-and-juliet-set-amid-warring-tribes/2016/09/29/adb9f25e-84e4-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?utm_term=.44f65d2d1199 |work=[[Washington Post]] |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/tanna-a-real-life-romeo-and-juliet-set-amid-warring-tribes/2016/09/29/adb9f25e-84e4-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?utm_term=.44f65d2d1199 |archivedate=2019-02-10 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, she falls in love with the grandson of her chief, played by [[Mungau Dain]].<ref name=guardian/><ref name=wp/> Their families refuse to allow the couple to marry.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Ives |title=Mungau Dain, Villager Star in Pacific Island Film, Dies at 24 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/obituaries/mungau-dain-dead.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=2019-01-10 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110232121/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/obituaries/mungau-dain-dead.html |archivedate=2019-01-10 |url-status=live}}</ref> The couple flee and eventually commit suicide, mirroring the true real-life tragedy of a Tannese couple in the 1980s.<ref name=nytimes/> The tragic circumstances led the elders to legalize [[love marriage]]s.<ref name=nytimes/>


In September 2015, Wawa traveled to [[Venice]] with ''Tanna's'' three other lead actors to attend its world premiere at the [[2015 Venice Film Festival]].<ref name=independent/> Wawa also attended the [[89th Academy Awards]] in [[Los Angeles]] on February 26, 2017, where ''Tanna'' had been nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name=vdn>{{cite news|first=Len |last=Garae |title=Ni-Vanuatu Film Stars Head To Hollywood For Academy Award Ceremony |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/02/15/ni-vanuatu-film-stars-head-hollywood-academy-award-ceremony |work=[[Vanuatu Daily News]] |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=2017-02-15 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210011429/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/02/15/ni-vanuatu-film-stars-head-hollywood-academy-award-ceremony |archivedate=2019-02-10 |deadurl=}}</ref>
In September 2015, Wawa traveled to [[Venice]] with ''Tanna's'' three other lead actors to attend its world premiere at the [[2015 Venice Film Festival]].<ref name=independent/> Wawa also attended the [[89th Academy Awards]] in [[Los Angeles]] on February 26, 2017, where ''Tanna'' had been nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name=vdn>{{cite news|first=Len |last=Garae |title=Ni-Vanuatu Film Stars Head To Hollywood For Academy Award Ceremony |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/02/15/ni-vanuatu-film-stars-head-hollywood-academy-award-ceremony |work=[[Vanuatu Daily News]] |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=2017-02-15 |accessdate=2019-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210011429/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2017/02/15/ni-vanuatu-film-stars-head-hollywood-academy-award-ceremony |archivedate=2019-02-10 |url-status=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:51, 25 September 2019

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Marie Wawa is a ni-Vanuatu actress and villager who starred in the 2015 Australian-Vanuatuan film, Tanna. The film, which was the first to be shot entirely in Vanuatu, won two major prizes at the 2015 Venice Film Festival and was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.[1] Wawa appears in the lead role opposite Mungau Dain as two star-crossed lovers.[2]

Wawa is from the interior village of Yakel on Tanna island, Tafea Province, in southern Vanuatu.[3][4][5]

Wawa, like the rest of the cast of Tanna, was a novice, first-time actress with no experience prior to her casting.[3] The film, a story of real-life forbidden love and tragedy, was shot on location around Yakel.[6] Narie Wawa was cast in the lead role of Wawa, a young girl who is betrothed in an arranged marriage as part of a peace deal with another tribe.[3][7] However, she falls in love with the grandson of her chief, played by Mungau Dain.[1][7] Their families refuse to allow the couple to marry.[8] The couple flee and eventually commit suicide, mirroring the true real-life tragedy of a Tannese couple in the 1980s.[8] The tragic circumstances led the elders to legalize love marriages.[8]

In September 2015, Wawa traveled to Venice with Tanna's three other lead actors to attend its world premiere at the 2015 Venice Film Festival.[3] Wawa also attended the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 26, 2017, where Tanna had been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Harmon, Steph (2019-01-06). "Mungau Dain, Tanna star and 'Vanuatu's Brad Pitt', dies after untreated leg infection". Guardian Australia. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. ^ Turan, Kenneth. "The exotic 'Tanna' tells a tale of forbidden love that's as old as time". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  3. ^ a b c d Marks, Kathy (2015-09-11). "Big-screen debut for Pacific Island tribe who regard Prince Philip as a god". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. ^ Kenny, Glenn (2016-09-15). "Review: In 'Tanna,' Lovers Are Torn Apart to Keep Tribal Peace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  5. ^ Maddox, Garry (2015-11-04). "Tanna: the ancient Vanuatu tribe who had never watched a film now star in one". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  6. ^ Wong, Tessa (2017-01-25). "The Oscar-worthy film inspired by a tribal song". Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  7. ^ a b Merry, Stephanie (2016-09-29). "'Tanna': A real-life 'Romeo and Juliet,' set amid warring tribes". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-02-10. {{cite news}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b c Ives, Mike (2019-01-10). "Mungau Dain, Villager Star in Pacific Island Film, Dies at 24". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  9. ^ Garae, Len (2017-02-15). "Ni-Vanuatu Film Stars Head To Hollywood For Academy Award Ceremony". Vanuatu Daily News. Pacific Islands Report. Archived from the original on 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2019-02-10.


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