Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Maeva and Eteroa never knew their birth family or the island where they were born. Adopted hours after their arrival in the world and raised some 20,000 km away in France, they grow up with unanswered questions about their heritage. Now 23 and 20, they embark on a life-changing odyssey back to Rurutu Island in the South Pacific—an initiatory pilgrimage to uncover lost traditions, meet the siblings and parents they’ve never seen, and finally claim the identity that has always been just out of reach.

Documentary: Native Land, Back to Rurutu
Directed by: Jean-Michel Corillion
Production: Kwanza, Canal Overseas Productions, Bleu Lagon Productions

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