Makatea, l’île convoitée – FIFO 2021
52 min – France – 2019
Version : French version with English subtitles
Director : Claire Perdrix
Production : 13 Productions, Creative.TV
In the Tuamotu, Makatea is an island apart. Raised atoll, it benefits from a large reserve of underground water. It has a great diversity of fauna and flora. Its lands are very fertile thanks to the soil rich in natural phosphate, largely dug and exported in the first half of the 20th century. Between the return to the extraction of the ore, niche tourism or the continuity of the traditional way of life of its inhabitants, what choice must be made for the future?