An Island Calling
Streaming video - 2008
On July 1, 2001, John Scott and his partner Greg Scrivener were killed in their home in Suva Fiji. John, from an old European-Fiji family and educated in New Zealand, was the Director-General of the Fiji Red Cross and worked as a go-between in the hostage crisis during the coup of 2000.. This feature documentary is based on the book “Deep Beyond the Reef” by John’s brother Owen, and traces the extraordinary and colorful story of the Scott family, the political crises that have marked Fiji’s recent history right up to the present day, the killings and their aftermath, and the complex mix of tribal authority and democracy that exists in the Pacific.. . Winner, Grand Prix, FIFO, Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti... 2009 . In Competition, Hotdocs 2008, Toronto. Best Documentary, Out Takes International Film Festival, Dallas, Texas 2010 . Best Documentary and Best Director, Madrid LesGai International Film Festival, 2010. Official Selection, Seattle International Film Festival
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Annie Goldson
2008.
2018. - Language
- English
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Playing Time
- 01:16:03
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).