A new SAMOA DVD featuring seven stories is now available to buy on DVD (PAL and NTSC format).    “SAMOA – Traditional and Historical” includes a dramatisation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s last five years in Samoa, as remembered by Samoans themselves.   Other stories revisit the mystery of the sailing vessel, Joyita, the dramatic annual fautasi races, a brief history of Samoa up until Independence, and a light hearted look at the year Hollywood came to Samoa.  And four Samoans decide to undergo the ritual processes of having their traditional tattoo, male and female (malu).

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Viewers of the film might be interested to learn that the young boy, Vasilis did not become a fisherman as was his wish when 12 years old.

Nor did he migrate away from Symi like so many others.

He went to Athens to study, became an accountant and joined the Symi Shipping Line, ANES.

Today he is General Manager of the company and is seen here with his son.  In the background is one of the ANES Line’s ferries.

One of Vasilis’ brothers, Lefkeris, became Mayor of Symi.  Nikolas, his father who is over now over 70 years of age, is still fishing.

Some of Father Tsingos’ children emigrated to Australia and he himself visited Australia several times to officiate at marriages and baptise his grand children.  One of his grand-daughters, Anna who was born in Sydney, recently moved to Symi and has opened an attractive boutique shop in the heart of the old town.

Click on the thumbnail images for larger versions. You can preview and buy the Symi 1976 DVD here.

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It was the biggest natural disaster in Australia’s immediate region.

The project is already part filmed.

12mins trailer is available on request.

The National Film and Sound Archive’s primary aim is to develop a comprehensive collection of Australian works and materials representing the history, technology and culture of the audiovisual media, from their origins to the present time.

In the House of Pure Red Feathers charts Flaherty’s creative labours in Samoa, strange off-camera experiences, his volatile relationship with Hollywood during filming and post production – and his now disputed depiction of Samoan culture.

The film narrative comes from Samoans themselves as they analyse Flaherty’s film, Moana from their post colonial perspectives. Filming will take place on the original locations.

5mins trailer is available on request.

This is not about the museums, it is the amazing stories of how and why these rare objects came to be there.

The film journeys back to their origins in Tahiti, Tonga, Hawaii, Samoa, Vanuatu.

3mins trailer is available on request.

The film story revolves around Father Franz Wasner, renowned musical director of the von Trapp family choir. Part of his own history remains in Fiji.