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Title Vai / Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions presents in association with the New Zealand Film Commission ; a film by the Whippy Sisters, 'Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga ; produced by Kerry Warkia & Kiel McNaughton.

Publication Info. [Orland Park, Illinois] : MPI Home Video, [2019]
©2019

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 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN DVD VAI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult FOREIGN DVD  DVD FOREIGN-MAO-V    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD FOREIGN VAI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD FOREIGN VAI    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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NTSC rdabs
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Documentary films lcgft
System Details DVD; region 1 NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio; [color]
Language Dialogue in Maori (Cook Islands and NZ), Fijian, Tongan, Roviana (Solomon Islands), Samoan, Niuean, and English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Cast Ro Mereani Adi Tuimatanisiga, Ar-Ramadi Longopoa, Betsy Luitolo, Agnes Pele, Evotia-Rose Araiti, Fiona Collins, Maliaga Erick, Hinetu Dell.
Credits Director of photography, Drew Sturge ; music, Lauren King ; editor, Dione Chard.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Wide screen.
Summary Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single continuous shot where possible.
Contents Fiji / written & directed by the Whippy Sisters (writer, Sharon Whippy ; writer/director, Nicole Whippy) -- Tonga / written & directed by , 'Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki -- Solomon Islands / written & directed by Matasila Freshwater -- NZ born Samoan / written & directed by Amberley Jo Aumua -- Kuki Airani (Cook Islands) / written & directed by Mīria George -- Samoa / written & directed by Marina Alofagia McCartney -- Niue / written & directed by Dianna Fuemana -- Aotearoa / written & directed by Becs Arahanga.
Note Special features: Filmmaker interviews; trailer.
Access Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Subject Women -- Islands of the Pacific -- Drama.
Women -- Islands of the Pacific -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Power (Social sciences) -- Drama.
Islands of the Pacific -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Power (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst01074219
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific. (OCoLC)fst01244201
Genre/Form Anthology films. (OCoLC)fst01726152
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Anthology films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Whippy, Sharon, screenwriter.
Whippy, Nicole, screenwriter, film director.
Guttenbeil-Likiliki, 'Ofa-Ki-Levuka, screenwriter, film director.
Freshwater, Matasila, screenwriter, film director.
Aumua, Amberley Jo, screenwriter, film director.
George, Miria, 1980- screenwriter, film director.
McCartney, Marina Alofagia, screenwriter, film director.
Fuemana, Dianna, screenwriter, film director.
Arahanga, Becs, screenwriter, film director.
Warkia, Kerry, film producer.
McNaughton, Kiel, film producer.
Tuimatanisiga, Ro Mereani Adi, actor.
Longopoa, Ar-Ramadi, actor.
Luitolo, Betsy, actor.
Pele, Agnes, actor.
Araiti, Evotia-Rose, actor.
Collins, Fiona (Actress), actor.
Erick, Maliaga, actor.
Dell, Hinetu, actor.
Sturge, Drew, director of photography.
King, Lauren (Composer), composer (expression)
Chard, Dione, editor of moving image work.
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions, presenter, production company.
New Zealand Film Commission, presenter.
MPI Home Video (Firm), publisher.
Note Container subtitle: 8 stories, one lifetime
Standard No. 030306707990
Music No. DVD7079 MPI Home Video
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