Stills taken while shooting OMAI FA'ATASI: SAMOA MO SAMOA. The film, released in 1978 by Visual Communications, was one of the first independent media productions that focused on experiences of Pacific Islander peoples and the contentious relationship between Samoa and the West. Photo: Visual Communications
Four films capturing the lives of the Samoan community of Carson City have been included in the Pacific Cinewaves talanoa events.
This is a Visual Communications event, an organisation that develops and supports the voices of Asian Americans and Pacific film and media artists to empower communities and challenge perspectives.
Esperanza Bay, of Samoan/African American descent, is an archivist for Visual Communications, and one of the co-leads on this project.
She described the four films to RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor.
