Paradise domain / produced and directed by Joost De Haas ; TVE.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

De Haas, Joost, film director, film producer.

Hartman, Julius, editor of moving image work.

Kyriacou, Sotira, editor of moving image work.

Richards, Jenny (Film producer), editor of moving image work.

Gawin, Luke, film producer.

Bradshaw, Steve (Journalist), narrator.

Television Trust for the Environment.

Bullfrog Films.

BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Series:

City life (Bullfrog Films) ; 5.

City life ; 5

Language:

English

Tuvaluan

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

City and town life.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Tuvalu--Economic conditions.

Tuvalu.

Tuvalu--Social conditions.

Internet domain names.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (27 min.) : digital, sound, color.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]

Language Note:

Narration in English with some speaking in Tuvaluan, with English voiceovers.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Tuvalu is a string of coral rocks in the South Pacific: nine low-lying islands that make up one of the world's smallest, most isolated countries. Largely unknown to tourists, Tuvalu and its 9,000 people suffer from underdevelopment and a lack of jobs. It is a country so poor that four out of five fishermen are lost every year because they can not afford compasses for their boats. Other than fishing, people get by harvesting coconuts -- pretty much the only thing the soil will grow. But Tuvalu had one valuable asset: its coveted domain name -- dot tv. In 1999, the prime minister determined to capitalize on this by selling the name to an American dot.com company -- in exchange for several million dollars and access to the new wired-up world. But who's benefiting most? -- the Tuvalu islanders themselves, used to a relaxed, Pacific way of life with few modern conveniences, or the US corporation?

Participant:

Commentary, Steve Bradshaw.

Credits:

Editors, Julius Hartman, Sotira Kyriacou ; series editor, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: TVE, ©2001; previously released in 2002.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).

Publisher Number:

bf-clpd Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.