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Two Men of Fiji (1959)

Two Men of Fiji poster
Directed by
Brett Porter
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Australian documentary team spends two months in Fiji filming the islands and people. It shows Fijian life and records the Lauan language. The film was made for theatrical release in Fiji.

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What happens

Two Men of Fiji is a 1959 Australian television documentary. It was directed by Brett Porter for the Shell Film Unit. It was filmed by Hone Glendinning and Roger Mirams in Fiji over a two-month period and was screened theatrically in Fiji. Notable for reputedly being Fiji's first hour-long colour documentary and its location recording of the Lauan language. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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