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The unadorned truth : the film documentaries of Larry Thomas

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Ian GaskellIan Gaskell
Beginning with Compassionate Exile (1998), a film on leprosy, and continuing with A Race for Rights (2001) on the George Speight coup, Bittersweet Hope (2004) on the sugar industry and expiring land leases, and recently Struggling for a Better Living: Squatters in Fiji (2007), Larry Thomas has candidly addressed a number of Fiji's unsightly social problems. As with his plays, the documentaries present an image of Fiji that many would prefer to remain hidden.

History

Issue

60/61

Start Page

69

End Page

75

Number of Pages

7

ISSN

0313-1459

Location

Apia, Samoa

Publisher

English and Foreign Languages Department, National University of Samoa

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics and Education; Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC);

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

Span : Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.

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    Larry ThomasFilm documentariesFijiSocial conditionsSugar industryBittersweet HopeStruggling for a better livingPacific LiteratureFilm and Television

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