Remathau: People of the Ocean Film

Remathau: People of the Ocean is a feature documentary that follows the journey of Dr. Nicole Yamase, the first Micronesian and Indigenous person to dive to the deepest part of the ocean.

Nicole begins her journey of discovery by boarding a tiny submersible and descending 7 miles beneath the ocean surface to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, which lies beneath the territorial waters of The Federated States of Micronesia. When she surfaces, she is met with a storm of media attention. Feeling the immense pressure of being the first Micronesian and Pacific Islander to go down to the Challenger Deep (and only the fourth woman in history), Nicole begins a deeper dive into her own identity as a Micronesian and a descendant of great navigators.

• Traditional wisdom and modern science
• Individual vs. community-centric storytelling
• Post-colonial legacies of the Pacific region
• Gender and hierarchy in Micronesian society
• The deep ocean as sacred and ancestral home
• The significance of legends, chants, and cultural practices in retaining identity

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