Cinema of Samoa
Samoa's firstfeature film,The Orator(O Le Tulafale), was released in 2011. Shot and set in Samoa, in theSamoan language,it has a Samoan cast. It was produced with financial support from the Samoan government, in the hopes of showcasingSamoan cultureto an international audience, and of promoting Samoa as a tourist destination.[1]
Before this, Samoa had only produced short films.Tusi Tamasese,the writer and director ofThe Orator,had previously written and directed the short filmSacred Spaces(Va Tapuia), which was screened in 2010 at theNew Zealand International Film Festival,then at theimagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festivalin Toronto and theHawaii International Film Festival.[2]
Samoa has only onecinema,the Magik cinema, owned byMaposua Rudolf Keil.The screening of films there issubject to censorship,and foreign films may be banned, in accordance with theFilm Act1978, for undermining theChristian faithof viewers. BothThe Da Vinci CodeandMilkhave been banned from screening in Samoa's cinema, the latter for being "inappropriate and contradictory to Christian beliefs and Samoan culture".[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"First ever Samoan film wraps up".Television New Zealand.22 January 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 24 January 2011.Retrieved4 December2023.
- ^"Samoan Feature Film First"(Press release). New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 11 October 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2013.
- ^"Samoa bans 'Milk' film".ABC Radio Australia.30 April 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 19 February 2012.
- ^"Samoa's government censor bans Da Vinci Code film".RNZ.21 May 2006.Retrieved7 December2023.
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