The Opposition (2017)

Name: The Opposition
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-06-10

1h 26m

Running Time

Plot.

How can we ethically build sustainable industry in developing countries? In a David-and-Goliath battle over the land on the luscious mountain peninsula in the centre of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, Joe Moses, leader of the Paga Hill Settlement, must save his 3,000 people before they are evicted. Joe may find his community replaced by an international five-star hotel and marina development. But not before he battles it out in the courts.

Where to Watch.

Subs

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Streaming in:
🇦🇺 Australia

Cast & Crew.

Hollie Fifer

Director

Tapio Liukkonen

Foley Artist

Rebecca Barry

Producer

Madeleine Hetherton-Miau

Producer

John Gray

Composer

Vincent Lamberti

Cinematographer

Bernadette Murray

Editor

Details.

Release Date
June 10, 2017

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

The Opposition is a 2016 investigative documentary. directed by Hollie Fifer. The film follows Joe Moses as he struggles to save his community from policemen wielding machetes and guns descending on the Paga Hill Settlement in Papua New Guinea to bulldoze their houses to the ground.

The Opposition was produced by Madeleine Hetherton-Miau and Rebecca Barry from the production company Media Stockade.

The Opposition won the 2018 OzFlix Independent Film Awards and was nominated for ‘Best Documentary Feature Film’ at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The film was also awarded the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 2017 International Pacific Documentary Film Festival FIFO. In 2017, The Opposition was one of the finalists for ‘Feature Documentary of the Year’ at the Screen Producers Australia Awards.