{"id":11770,"date":"2015-07-09T01:39:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T05:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11770"},"modified":"2015-07-09T01:49:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T05:49:50","slug":"film-take-me-to-pitcairn-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11770","title":{"rendered":"Film: Take Me to Pitcairn (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"TakeMeToPitcairn_poster_s\"<\/a>Film<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

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Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Documentary \/ Reality<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0Dry and witty documentary as Julian McDonnell travels to remote Pitcairn Island where Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers settled after grabbing the HMS Bounty from Lt. William Bligh.<\/p>\n

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British actor<\/a> and world\u2019s smallest kite seller Julian McDonnell decided to plan a trip to the island of Pitcairn<\/a>, known for highly specific attributes: one of the farthest islands from any mainland, the smallest democracy on Earth, an isle whose population itself hovers around 50, and the tiny rock where Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers fled with a handful of Polynesian men and women after the infamous mutiny on the HMS Bounty, back in 1789.<\/p>\n

As the historical facts of the world\u2019s most famous ship mutiny goes, Christian and his men booted Lt. William Bligh off the boat, and while the former captain spent 48 days travelling without charts and meager rations to a Dutch colony and survived, Christian & Co. sought out and found a tiny isle way off shipping routes and very tough to find. Moreover, Pitcairn is surrounded by a vicious reef and turbulent waters, ensuring even a dinghy landing was a precarious venture.<\/p>\n

Once the settlers made it, they stripped the Bounty of its essentials and burned the boat, guaranteeing no one could ever leave the isle, nor return back to merry England. When a U.S. whaling ship stumbled upon Pitcairn in 1814, they found one survivor from the Bounty, several women, and many children \u2013 but no other men, as they either murdered each other or died by accident in the intervening years.<\/p>\n

Pitcairn can only be reached by boat, and McDonnell managed to convince the owner of the Southern Star tour boat to allow free passage while other travelers coughed up several thousand to live out their respective dream trips.<\/p>\n

The doc\u2019s first half recounts McDonnell\u2019s voyage to the nearest island of Mangareva<\/a>, where he\u2019s to meet up with the Southern Star and sail for 30+ hours to Pitcairn. Things don\u2019t go exactly as planned, and what followed are some wacky misadventures and blunders before McDonnell and the group finally reach Pitcairn where they visit locations, touch artifacts from the Bounty, and spend time with the inhabitants \u2013 descendants of the original mutineers and Polynesians.<\/p>\n

To say more would spoil a very dry, British take on travelling to a far corner of the world, but woven into the doc are stills, assorted video footage, and some amusing music and animated segments, of which the latter chronicles the mutiny. (Those sections actually quote dialogue from the 1984 film The Bounty<\/strong><\/a>, and one wishes there was a 10 minute animated digest of the film told in the same cut-out animation and chortled dialogue delivery.)<\/p>\n

The beauty of this short doc is that everyone who travels to Pitcairn goes because of personal reasons, adding some weight between the often dry comments during moments of oddness and frustration. One also sees the annual burning of Bounty ceremony to mark the settler\u2019s arrival, and while rather lo-fi, it’s still poignant, given the existing community continues to live and deal with tourists when some may well prefer privacy.<\/p>\n

The islanders\u2019 privacy is respected by McDonnell \u2013 few appear on camera or engage in interviews \u2013 but it would\u2019ve been preferable to hear their side of handling travelers from afar, and aspects of life on an extremely isolated island. As McDonnell points out prior to stepping onboard the Southern Star, should the boat get lost at sea, the group would be screwed; and should the boat get smashed off the island\u2019s reef, they\u2019d be stranded.<\/p>\n

According to the official film website<\/a>, Take Me to Pitcairn<\/strong> was touring festivals as late as 2014, but it is viewable on YouTube<\/a> and Vimeo<\/a>, with the periodic fadeouts timed for dramatic effect and commercial breaks.<\/p>\n

Well worth watching for those curious to see how far one must travel to reach this iconic rock.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2015 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/strong>
\nEditor’s Blog<\/a> — IMDB<\/a>
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