I was lucky to work on and animate local rapper Mr Grin's music video 'back in 83'. I added all the animation effects as well as the lyrics on screen.
You can check out the full song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTiHpKYwtE
Talofa and bula. I'm Meli, a Fijian filmmaker currently working on a documentary about a Fijian falla who went to Canada in the 1800s.
On his journey, he actually went to Samoa, before joining a samoan group who went to the Worlds Fair, Chicago, in 1893 to showcase the island culture (though were relegated to the 'exotic' side of the grounds. It was the late 1800s of course).
I've got research of him with the samoan dancers at the Worlds Fair but I want to know how the hell did Samoa end up sending a team all the way to Chicago in 1893.
Does anyone know of any Samoan researchers who have written about the Samoan Expedition?
Oh, and see if you can pick the Fijian falla in the photo taken from the World's Fair book.
During our shoot of the short film 'Daunitukutuku' we had a scene where the character is talking and eating...a type of white meat. There's no mention of what he's eating but seeing the type of fork (which I bought at the handicraft centre), iykyk
Btw it's just boiled pork IRL :P
Clip from my 2023 short film 'Jone Wise'. You can watch it on my website: https://www.tuqota.com/film-item-details?recordId=eS6KjBe9d5oOEK