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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.

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