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The New Oceania: Albert Wendt, writer
directed by Shirley Horrocks, fl. 1984; produced by Shirley Horrocks, fl. 1984 (Auckland, Auckland Region: Point of View Productions, 2005), 1 hour 15 mins
He has given the world a new vision of the Pacific and of New Zealand as a Pacific nation. But New Zealanders are only just waking up to the huge international reputation of novelist Albert Wendt. Growing up in Samoa, Wendt was 13 when he boarded a banana-boat to travel to New Zealand on a scholarship to the New P...
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directed by Shirley Horrocks, fl. 1984; produced by Shirley Horrocks, fl. 1984 (Auckland, Auckland Region: Point of View Productions, 2005), 1 hour 15 mins
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He has given the world a new vision of the Pacific and of New Zealand as a Pacific nation. But New Zealanders are only just waking up to the huge international reputation of novelist Albert Wendt. Growing up in Samoa, Wendt was 13 when he boarded a banana-boat to travel to New Zealand on a scholarship to the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. This led on to Victoria University, friendships with writers such as James K. Baxter and later Witi I...
He has given the world a new vision of the Pacific and of New Zealand as a Pacific nation. But New Zealanders are only just waking up to the huge international reputation of novelist Albert Wendt. Growing up in Samoa, Wendt was 13 when he boarded a banana-boat to travel to New Zealand on a scholarship to the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. This led on to Victoria University, friendships with writers such as James K. Baxter and later Witi Ihimaera, and a love affair with a fellow student that inspired Wendt's best-selling novel Sons for the Return Home. Dividing his life between New Zealand, Samoa, and other parts of the Pacific, he has written many novels (including two turned into feature films) and been the forerunner of today's renaissance in Pacific arts in New Zealand – represented in this documentary by dance group Black Grace, film-maker Sima Urale, painter John Pule and rap artist Tha Feelstyle, among others. This rich chronicle of Wendt's life and times is directed by Shirley Horrocks. The New Oceania combines in-depth research, extensive travel, striking archival footage, and the personal story of a charismatic individual who offers a fresh perspective on this country. It also includes dramatisations of Wendt's vivid story-telling. In both Samoa and New Zealand, Wendt's work has generated controversy while inspiring the young. The title of the documentary comes from his essay encouraging all Pacific cultures to embrace change and accept the need for dissent ('Without it, our cultures will drown in self love!').
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Shirley Horrocks, fl. 1984
Author / Creator
Shirley Horrocks, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Point of View Productions
Person Discussed
Albert Wendt, 1939-
Topic / Theme
Samoan, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Writers, Fiction, Samoans
Copyright Message
Copyright ©2005. Used by permission of Point of View Productions. All rights reserved.
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