Wawata topu : mermaids of Timor-Leste / Secretariat of the Pacific Community within the framework of SciCO Fish presents a film by David Palazón and Enrique Alonso ; photography by David Palazón, Nelson Turquel ; documentation and research Enrique Alonso ; interviews Enrique Alonso, Nelson Turquel ; translation English: Hector Hill, Enrique Alonso ; translation French: Adeline Mouraud, Aurélie Hamaide ; translation Italian: Giacomo Mencari, Giulia Secondini ; translation Portuguese: Elis Margarida, Márdio Viera, Graça Viegas, Valdo Brüheim ; translation Spanish: Beatriz Marciel, Enrique Alonso & Lola

Wawata topu (women divers) are four generations of fisherwomen striving to make a living in the coastal village of Adara, West Atauro, Timor-Leste. Their daily lives, their economic practices and their vital concerns, as well as the contradicting discourses and social barriers they face, are shown in this ethnographic portrait that makes visible their critical contribution to the household economies and the fishing community at large. Their underwater dancing takes place in a context of rapid social change, where the generalization of the formal education, the progressive consolidation of western moral values and the potential openness of more attractive livelihoods not linked to the sea, seem to be forging a social negotiation of the household economic strategies initiated by the oldest generation during the 60's.