Films

Film list

[matai-samoa--Film-image]
Matai Samoa 1989 65'
Directed by George Milner.
The film is a valuable treatment of archival footage that George Milner shot while conducting fieldwork in 1955 and 1959. The footage (18 minutes of the total film) focuses on the traditional Samoan
New Zealand and Polynesia History of Anthropology Film / Photography / Mass media Social Organisation Archival material / Museum displays Ritual
[paradise-bent-boys-will-be-girls-in-samoa--Film-image]
Paradise Bent. Boys will be Girls in Samoa 1999 51'
Directed by Heather Croall.
Paradise Bent is a fascinating and entertaining film that tells the story of the Samoan fa'afafines: boys who are raised as girls and take on the domestic duties performed by women around the home,
Melanesia Gender Role and Identity Sex / Sexuality