Two Men of Fiji

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.

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said it "freshly and happily captured the spirit of a remote and happy people."

Notes

  1. ↑ Excluding accompanying newsreel and featurette footage of the Royal Visit to Fiji in 1953.

References

  1. ↑ Pacific Islands Monthly, Pacific Publications, 1931, retrieved 11 July 2019
  2. ↑ "Fijian life in new Shell Film". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 May 1959. p. 10.