The New Oceania
Samoan-born Albert Wendt is a leading South Pacific novelist, poet and dramatist. Filmed by one of New Zealand's leading documentary teams, this also doubles as a history of cultural renewal in the Pacific, celebrating the explosion of creative activity by Pacific artists in New Zealand - writers, painters, dancers, rappers, and fashion designers. Travelling to Samoa, Fiji and Hawaii with Wendt, and drawing on the rich archival heritage of filmed adaptations and earlier interviews, Horrocks delivers a rounded and engaging portrait of a charismatic, intellectual Pacific man who continues to make a very real difference.
Year: 2004
Genre: Documentaries, New Zealand Docos, Film Festivals 2005, General Docos
Country: NZ
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Starring: Albert Wendt
Duration: 75 Minutes
Rating: Ex
Location in store: New Zealand (Documentary)
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