Monday, October 7, 2013

Learn Fijian Language Film Week



The Inaugural Fijian Language Week 2013 has begun and there are Fijian Language films that will be featured. Below is the screening venues of the movies in Wellington. 

Date & Time
Film
Description
Venue
Charge

Monday 7thOctober:
7.30pm

“LAKOVI”
(2010)

Language:
100% Fijian
A story about the coming together of two Fijian families and the changing attitudes & lifestyles associated with city living.

Wesley Church New Hall
75 Taranaki St
Wellington

FREE


Wednesday
9th October:
7.00pm




“STRUGGLING FOR A BETTER LIVING: Squatters in Fiji”
(2007)

Languages: English, Fijian & Hindi with subtitles

A thought-provoking film about Fiji’s growing squatter population, who live in over 182 informal or “squatter” settlements

New Zealand Film Archive
84 Taranaki Street, Wellington
Ph: 384
7647 

$6





FIJI DAYDouble Feature

Thursday 10THOctober:
6.00pm



Movie 1:
“IN THE NAME OF GROWTH” (2001)

Languages: English & Fijian with subtitles



Movie 2:
“TWO MEN OF FIJI” (1959)
Rated G (General)

Languages: as above
1) Nominated for an international award, set in the old capital of Levuka on the island of Ovalau.  It tells a moving story of the lives Fijian women cannery workers, and highlights the human costs of economic development.

2) A film about two young men who move from Lau to Suva.  Issues of representation, colonialism and portrayals of culture all bubble under the surface in this story.

Icon Room,
Te Papa Museum of NZ
Ph: 381 7000


Adults
$15

Children FREE




Saturday 12thOctober:
7.00pm








“COMPASSIONATE EXILE” (1998)


Languages: English & Fijian with subtitles

“A moving, poignant tribute to an important but largely forgotten part of Pacific History.” 
- Dr Teresia Teaiwa, Victoria University of Wellington

A rare and moving film that revisitsthe life of those exiled on the island of Makogai, in Fiji – the only island leprosarium which existed in the South Pacific. Through the stories of four former patients, archival imagery and period letters, these "voices" remember the lives of those afflicted and cast off from their societies around the Pacific. Their story is a heroic tale of strength and survival.  


New Zealand Film Archive
84 Taranaki Street, Wellington
Ph: 384
7647 

$6




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