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FilmPublisher number: DVD7079 | MPI Home VideoLanguage: Maori, Rarotongan, Fijian, Tongan, Austronesian (Other), Samoan, Niuean Original language: Maori, Rarotongan, Fijian, Tongan, Austronesian (Other), Samoan, Niuean, English Publisher: [Orland Park, Illinois] : MPI Home Video, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Container subtitle: 8 stories, one lifetime

Uniform titles:

Vai (Motion picture)

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DDC classification:

305.409164/9 23

LOC classification:

PN1997.2 .V35 2019

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.

Production credits:

Director of photography, Drew Sturge ; music, Lauren King ; editor, Dione Chard.

Cast: Ro Mereani Adi Tuimatanisiga, Ar-Ramadi Longopoa, Betsy Luitolo, Agnes Pele, Evotia-Rose Araiti, Fiona Collins, Maliaga Erick, Hinetu Dell.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.

List(s) this item appears in: Indigenous filmmakers

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-03609 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		16050313733

Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.

Widescreen.

Special features: Filmmaker interviews; original theatrical trailer.

Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1; Dolby Audio 2.0.

In Maori (Cook Islands and NZ), Fijian, Tongan, Roviana (Solomon Islands), Samoan, Niuean, and English.

Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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