Excerpt from Facebook:
(18 May 2018)
Here's a good documentary from the early 1980s that I am sure many of you will enjoy.
This short doco (from a series called HUMAN FACES OF THE PACIFIC) focuses on a family who are preparing to emigrate to New Zealand. It shows some of the challenges faced by many of our people in preparation for moving to a foreign new land and adapting to a new culture. I am sure many of us have been products of these types of migrations and it was all for mainly the same reasons - better opportunities for families both in the diaspora and in the islands.
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Here is the official synopsis of the film:
The western part of Samoa has been independent of New Zealand since 1962, but a strong chain of emigration to New Zealand continues to tie the two countries together. This film follows a young Samoan family over a period of some weeks before they join the migrant exodus. The young couple experience the tensions of separation from their closely knit families. There is a serious conflict between the couple and the wife's parents, which threatens the marriage. The husband considers going without his wife. Eventually, however, the family comes to an uneasy truce which allows husband and wife to emigrate together.
So hope you all enjoy this clip. I will be posting a couple more docos over the next few weeks.
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