Australian filmmaker Chris Owen creates a special weave of drama and ethnographic documentary in this first feature from Papua New Guinea. Owens employed his students as writers, actors and crew (screenwriter and actor Albert Toro is especially effective in the title role), and the film is shot in the local language, Tok Pisin. The result is one of the most surprising and moving approaches yet to a third world country dealing with today's problems. Tukana is a restless youth caught between the world of his ancestors and the expectations of his peers, a new generation given to reading comic books, buying on time, and drinking too much. He drops out of college and returns to his native village in the North Solomons, only to find that his parents have chosen a bride for him. But Tukana already has a girlfriend in town--miles away and generations apart away from the village. Tukana was featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1984 New Directors, New Films series, where it was noted, "The clash of generations is exacerbated by black magic...which suggests that the conflict between traditional values and Western lifestyles may not be solved by any ordinary means."