A companion to Yumi yet, O’Rourke and Kildea’s Ileksen (derived from the English 'election’) documents Papua New Guinea’s first general election in 1977. The film records a broad cross-section of candidates who, without an extended media network at their disposal, rely on relentless campaigning, ingenuity and personal charisma to attract votes. Emphasising the divide between coastal people and highlanders, Ileksen looks at the election campaign, election day and the political manouvering that goes with the formation of a government.
Gary Kildea
Director
Dennis O'Rourke
Director
Julius Chan
Himself - P.P.P. Leader
Sir John Guise
Himself - Governor General
James Mileng
Himself - Electoral Commissioner
Michael Somare
Himself - Prime Minister
Public Speaking70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
McQueen74%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
180° South72%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
The Cheshire Murders65%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Directed by John Ford70%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Voyeur59%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish67%
Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea75%
Atlantis Rising61%
Extremis69%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Welcome to Chechnya69%
