Screening: THE LAND HAS EYES
See below for a note about a Fijian film playing this week at the Grand Illusion. Also, here are some links to reviews:
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The Seattle Times: Movies: Conflicts test a disappearing culture on a remote Fiji island
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Seattle P-I: Filmmaker lets people of Fiji tell their own story
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nanette Fok
Hi everyone,
My brother-in-law, Corey Tong, has co-produced a lovely film -- THE LAND HAS EYES -- that will be showing in Seattle for only a week starting this Friday. It's set in Rotuma (a small South Pacific Island near Fiji), and is a beautiful story about a young girl who finds power inside herself both to seek justice for her family and to realize her vision and fulfill her dreams.
Please go and see this wonderful film...and bring all your friends along, too!! Director/writer/co-producer Vilsoni Hereniko and co-producer Jeannette Paulson Hereniko will be present at all the screenings to answer questions and tell their great stories. Information about the screenings is below.
Enjoy the film! Thanks!!
Best,
~ nanette
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See the award winning first feature film ever made by a native of Fiji, THE LAND HAS EYES , directed by Vilsoni Hereniko
"This beautiful film brims with a gentle wisdom" - Hollywood Reporter
Winner -
*Best Dramatic Feature - Toronto's ImagineNATIVE Film Festival
*Best Overall Entry - Maori Waiora Film Festival
*Best Hawaii Filmmaker - Cinema Paradise Film Festival
*World Premiere at Sundance,
*Other festivals include Rotterdam, Montreal, Shanghai, Moscow
*Fiji's nomination to the Academy for Best Foreign Language considerations
THE LAND HAS EYES is the story of Viki (introducing Sapeta Taito), a young South Pacific Islander who redeems her family's name by exposing the secrets of her island's most powerful and important people. Shamed by her village for being poor and the daughter of a wrongly convicted thief, Viki is inspired and haunted by the island's mythical "Warrior Woman" (Rena Owen, Once Were Warriors.) The lush tropical beauty of Rotuma, an island of Fiji, contrasts with the stifling conformity of her culture as Viki confronts notions of justice and her own personal freedom.
GRAND ILLUSION CINEMA in Seattle, University District
Friday April 14th - Thursday April 20th.
Plays Daily at 7 & 9pm; plus 3 & 5pm Sat & Sun.
Vilsoni Hereniko, Director, writer and co-producer and Jeannette Paulson Hereniko will attend all screenings to introduce the film and for an after-film discussion at the end.
The theater is located at the SE corner of University Way & Ne 50th St., 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA 98105
tel: 206.523.3935
Admission: $7.50 general, $6.50 students, $5.50 seniors,
$5.00 members of the cinema
website: www.grandillusioncinema.org
For more information on the film, please see www.thelandhaseyes.com
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Seattle Weekly Pick: The Land Has Eyes
Davenport interrogates star pupil Taito.
The Seattle Times: Movies: Conflicts test a disappearing culture on a remote Fiji island
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Seattle P-I: Filmmaker lets people of Fiji tell their own story
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nanette Fok
Hi everyone,
My brother-in-law, Corey Tong, has co-produced a lovely film -- THE LAND HAS EYES -- that will be showing in Seattle for only a week starting this Friday. It's set in Rotuma (a small South Pacific Island near Fiji), and is a beautiful story about a young girl who finds power inside herself both to seek justice for her family and to realize her vision and fulfill her dreams.
Please go and see this wonderful film...and bring all your friends along, too!! Director/writer/co-producer Vilsoni Hereniko and co-producer Jeannette Paulson Hereniko will be present at all the screenings to answer questions and tell their great stories. Information about the screenings is below.
Enjoy the film! Thanks!!
Best,
~ nanette
======================================
See the award winning first feature film ever made by a native of Fiji, THE LAND HAS EYES , directed by Vilsoni Hereniko
"This beautiful film brims with a gentle wisdom" - Hollywood Reporter
Winner -
*Best Dramatic Feature - Toronto's ImagineNATIVE Film Festival
*Best Overall Entry - Maori Waiora Film Festival
*Best Hawaii Filmmaker - Cinema Paradise Film Festival
*World Premiere at Sundance,
*Other festivals include Rotterdam, Montreal, Shanghai, Moscow
*Fiji's nomination to the Academy for Best Foreign Language considerations
THE LAND HAS EYES is the story of Viki (introducing Sapeta Taito), a young South Pacific Islander who redeems her family's name by exposing the secrets of her island's most powerful and important people. Shamed by her village for being poor and the daughter of a wrongly convicted thief, Viki is inspired and haunted by the island's mythical "Warrior Woman" (Rena Owen, Once Were Warriors.) The lush tropical beauty of Rotuma, an island of Fiji, contrasts with the stifling conformity of her culture as Viki confronts notions of justice and her own personal freedom.
GRAND ILLUSION CINEMA in Seattle, University District
Friday April 14th - Thursday April 20th.
Plays Daily at 7 & 9pm; plus 3 & 5pm Sat & Sun.
Vilsoni Hereniko, Director, writer and co-producer and Jeannette Paulson Hereniko will attend all screenings to introduce the film and for an after-film discussion at the end.
The theater is located at the SE corner of University Way & Ne 50th St., 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA 98105
tel: 206.523.3935
Admission: $7.50 general, $6.50 students, $5.50 seniors,
$5.00 members of the cinema
website: www.grandillusioncinema.org
For more information on the film, please see www.thelandhaseyes.com
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