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School
Children(In the Bus)
Stephen
Solvalu
Sapeta Taito
Rosita Erasito
Betty Eliasa
Denis Susau
Nigel Ruben
Lani Kamilo
Marlene Tatau
Isimeli Aisake
Kelly Sokimi
Thomas Willy
Bendrina Susau
Saele Fatiaki
Voilet Fatiaki
Julian Fatiaki
Seforana Fatiaki
Linda Fesaitu
Kimi Fesaitu
Moriki Tigarea
Tinarei Tigarea |
Crowd(Oinafa
Wharf)
Vamarai
Raki
Chanel Munivai
Sereana Munivai
Akata Injimo
Konoue Injimo
Aliti Fereti
Fereti Aisea
Marlese Malakai
Fuata Marlese
Varo Ravai
Maria Manao
Chris Foraete
Maria A Managreve
Injimo Managreve
Fonmanu Tivaknoa
Jennifer Fonmanu
Kijiana Samuela
Etika Samuela
Pene Ravai |
Crew
Sound Design/Mixer
. . . . . . . . . . Dick Reade (Reade Audio)
Production Sound Recordist . . . . . . Grace Niska Atkins
Line Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Ingleton
Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . James Davenport
Additional Editors . . . . . . . . . . Rongotai Lomas
Jay
Evans
Assistant editors. . . . . . . . . . . Richard Rautjoki
Reiko
Kanazawa
Production Designer. . . . . . . . . . Hupfeld Hoerder
Costumes/Make up . . . . . . . . . . . Hupfeld Hoerder
Second Camera Operator/
Camera Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Atkins
Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mato Henare
Boom Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Ledward
Best Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Kevin Fonmoa
Ownie
Bhros
Script Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Ratana
Coach for Canoe Paddlers . . . . . . . Joseph “Nappy”
Napolean
Rotuman Cultural Consultant. . . . . . Elisapeti Kafonika Inia
Documentary & Stand-in for Owen. . . . Esther Figueroa
Rotuma Production Managers . . . . . . Vamarasi Hereniko
Lie
Hereniko
Fatiaki
Hereniko
Set Construction . . . . . . . . . . . Voi Fesaitu
The people of Hapmak
Set Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cary Smoot
Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . Mele Vamarasi Tiu
Crowd Organizer. . . . . . . . . . . . Sarote Fonmanu
Rotuma Transportation. . . . . . . . . John & Seneva Fatiaki
Visanti
Makrava
Visanti
Susau
Gagaj
Sautiak
Mareko
Tomniko Veu
Samuela
Tiuhea
Chef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susau Aropia
Assistant to the chef. . . . . . . . . Akata Fauoro
Assisted by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rejieli Kamilo
Sylvia
Pesamino
Sanita
Tanono
Amelia
Ieli
Pig Handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tui Fesaitu
Voi
Fesaitu
Mark
Schilling
Production assistants. . . . . . . . . Isireli Motufaga
Rupeti
Kamilo
Mamao
Mosese
Sagaitu
Manueli
Anona
Napolean
Jare
Kikorio
Mamatuki
Wong
Ruth
Atu
Lisi
Vamarasi
Honolulu Production Coordinators . . . Sidney Louie
Angie
Leprete
Julia
Steele
Cine-Tel Monaco Lab, San Francisco
Publicity & Media Manager. . . . . . . Marie K. Morohoshi
Special Events Manager . . . . . . . . Holly Paulson
Special
gratitude to all the people of Rotuma who made the production
possible: Chairman and the Rotuma Council of Chiefs
Mr Visanti Makrava; Prime Minister of Fiji Mr Laisenia Qarase;
District Officer, Rotuma Mr Luke Moroivalu; Rotuma High School
Mr John Tanu; Tua’koi Village Dance Group; Chief of Itu’tiu;
Jioje & Mua Taito; Elaijie & Ravai Erasito; Sukamanu
& Anaseini Tigarea
Host
Families: Gagaj Sautiak ma Ohon ta Vamarasi; Visanti
& Susana Makrava, Oinafa, Visoni & Olivia Atalifo, Motusa;
Fonmanu & Akata Tolo, Motusa; Voi & Doreen Muaror, Oinafa;
Visanti & Amoe Susau, Lopta; Samuela & Mareta Tiuhea,
Malhaha; Dr John & Seneva Fatiaki, Motusa; Eliesa &
Julia Merutu, Malhaha; Fatiaki, Lia & Vamarasi Hereniko,
Mea
Location
site providers: Isireli & Luisa Motufaga; Voi &
Teresa Fesaitu; Atalifo & Buli Kamilo; Ramesh & Sashi
Aisea; Mamao & Semantafa Mosese; Titofaga & Ritie Tatau;
Jotama & Raurikue Lolohea
Special
thanks to those in Fiji whose cooperation was invaluable:
Fiji Trade & Investment Board Mr Jesoni Vitusagavulu; Fiji
Visitors Bureau Mr Sitiveni Yaqona; Mr Bill Whiting; Mr Jo Tuamoto;
Mr Thomas Valentine; Ms Louisa Finiasi; Mr Josiah Rawaya
ASA Naidu
Architects; Kafoa F. Muaror Barristers & Solicitors; Susanah
Thakeray University of the South Pacific; Media Department,
University of the South Pacific; Western Shipping Ltd (MV Cagi
Mai Ba) Capt. Isoa R Waqawai; Meteorology O; Mocambo Hotel;
Dominion International Hotel; Avis Car Rentals; Sukamanu Mani;
University of South Pacific; Natural Artesian Water of Fiji;
Outrigger Reef Fiji; Sun Air Fiji Ltd; Fiji Air; Air Pacific.
This film
was made possible because of the generous financial support
of:Pacific Islanders in Communication; Makai Motion Pictures;
Barbara Smith; Cooke Foundation; Hubert Bals Fund, International
Film Festival Rotterdam; Dwight Damon, The Movie Museum; Ken
and Shaunagh Robbins; Juniroa Productions; Center for Pacific
Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i; Adish Naidu; Gaylord
and Carol Wilcox; Indru Watumahl; Puchi Romig; Jan Rensel and
Alan Howard; Victor Kobayashi; Albert Wendt; Mel Lee; Kafoa
Muaror; John Stevens; Elizabeth Southwell; Ruby Kay Yamamoto;
Judith Flanders; Ulrike and Tofeque Siddiqui; Naoko Watanabe
and Robert T. Moran; Ahmed Lateef; John and Sandra Stephenson;
John and Linda Packham; Cobey Black; Judith Hughes; Tom Brislin;
Gay Reed; Lynne Havasu; Jackie Hutchens; Marilyn McCormick Randell;
Lauren Sand; Jann Grossman Paulson; Ruth Pratt; Mark Bernstein;
2003 NEH Pacific Island Summer Institute participants; Rancho
La Puerta; Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco; Geoff Murphy
and Merata Mita
Acknowledgements & Special Thanks: Victor Kobayashi,
Diane Mark, Angie Leprete, Holly Paulson, Phil Spalding, Mark
Travis, Joanne Yamada, Johnson Choi, Wendy Braitman, Chung-Wai
Soong & Noam Cook, Marie Morohoshi, Lisa Asagi, Glenn Finch
& Errol Feria & Jackie, Brad Tong & Nanette Fok,
Leanora & Donald Tong, Daron Tong, Caroline Libresco, Bird
Runningwater, Simon Field, S. Leo Chiang, Dennis Chiu, Kevin
Shine, Sanford Schnoll, Francisco Mattos, Ann Moriyasu, Carlyn
Tani, Ed McNulty, Chuck Boller, Mike McCartney, Donald Richie,
Mark Schilling, Barry Barclay, Aruna Vasudev, Jerome N. Field,
Matt Catingub, Elizabeth Daley, Shaoyi Sun, Marsha Kinder,
Bob Kiste, Tai Kahn, Ray Kamikawa, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Carol
Fukunaga, Moshen Makhmalbaf, Daniel Hereniko, Robert Hillman,
Ken Libby, Donne Dawson, Jane Yamashiro, Wouter Barendrecht,
Myrna Kamai, Patricia Gillespie, Susannah Thackray, Robin Collingwood,
Kim Dong Ho, Alan Howard, Jan Rensel, Mary Ellen O’Toole,
Kay Johnson, Judy Walker and Lois Tojio from the Aina Haina
First Hawaiian Bank, Yoshi Morohoshi.
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