Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree
{{short description|1989 New Zealand film}}
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| director = Martyn Sanderson
| producer = Graham McLean
| based_on = 1974 short story and other work by Albert Wendt
| writer = Martyn Sanderson
| starring = Faifua Amiga
Richard von Sturmer
| narrator = Peseta Sinave Isara
| music = Michelle Scullion
| cinematography = Allen Guilford
| editing = Ken Zemke
| production_companies = New Zealand Film Commission
Grahame McLean Associates
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| released = {{Film date|1989}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = New Zealand
| language = English
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Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree is a 1989 New Zealand film directed by Martyn Sanderson.{{cite web |title=Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/flying-fox-in-a-freedom-tree-1990 |website=NZ On Screen |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission|access-date=6 January 2023 |date=1990}}
The film is based on the 1974 short story and other work by Albert Wendt.{{cite web |title=Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150344711 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=1989}}{{cite book |last1=Wendt |first1=Albert |title=Flying-fox in a freedom tree and other stories |date=1973 |publisher=Longman Paul |isbn=0582717337 |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL104453W/Flying_Fox_in_a_Freedom_Tree |access-date=6 February 2023}}
Synopsis
Cast
{{Cast list|
- Faifua Amiga as Pepe
- Richard von Sturmer as Tagata
- Eteuati Ete as Tauilopepe
- Fuialo Molimau as Toasa
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Reviews
=Awards=
- 1989 Amiens International Film Festival (France) "Grand Prix de la Ville d'Amiens: for the film making the greatest contribution to the understanding of a culture and the identity of a people".
- 1989 Tokyo International Film Festival "Best Screenplay, Nominated for Tokyo Grand Prix".
=Festivals=
- 1990 Hawai'i
- 1990 American Film Institute Film Festival
- 1991 Umea (Sweden)
- 1990 Warsaw Film Week (Poland)
- 1990 New Zealand International Film Festival
References
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