| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
011603 |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Owen Scott, John Scott, Greg Scrivener, Apete Kaisau |
| Event |
Originally produced by Annie Goldson in 2008. |
| Summary |
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 |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of
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Politics
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Goldson, Annie, filmmaker
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Annie Goldson (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
1561339 Kanopy |
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