“A beautiful contemplation of time, transformation, and our place in the middle of all of that.”
“Fiji Memory, Colonial Time is a visual portal that offers an engaging glimpse by a devoted daughter of her motherʻs early years in Fiji. We see images and hear island sounds which invite onlookers to sense unique, distinctively enriching experiences and reveal memories in voiced reflections that resonate our timeless human condition. For those like me with an academicianʻs interest in Oceaniaʻs native richness and distortions due to Western colonialism, there is much by way of insights offered. This documentary interviews islanders about their struggles over identity, land, and sovereignty that onlookers, however appreciative and sympathetic, might overlook.”
“A complex storytelling that brings together several diverse yet interconnected stories and themes of living under colonialism, and subsequently in the post-independence period. The stories and images of old and new are riveting”
“Fiji Memory, Colonial Time takes us on a revealing journey to a South Sea island. Fiji, like many of those islands, was colonized and forever altered by immigrants from both dominant and colonized peoples. The film takes us inside a family story and unpacks the complicated overlapping histories that are both personal and universal. Highly recommended.”
