An Island Calling

2008 72m

On 1 July 2001, John Scott and his partner Greg Scrivener were killed in their home in Suva, Fiji. John, from an old European-Fiji family and educated in New Zealand, was the Director-General
of the Fiji Red Cross and worked as a go-between in the hostage crisis during the coup of 2000. This feature documentary is based on the book “Deep Beyond the Reef” by John’s brother Owen, and traces the extraordinary and colourful story of the Scott family, the political crises that have marked Fiji’s recent history right up to the present day, the killings and their aftermath, and the complex mix of tribal authority and democracy that exists in the Pacific.

Producer/Director/Writer: Annie Goldson
Writer/Presenter: Owen Scott

Join us at Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery’s Century Cinema for our inaugural Director’s Cut Film Festival. Over three days we have exclusive screenings of twelve of New Zealand film-maker Annie Goldson’s films. The Director’s Cut Film Festival celebrates and acknowledges the art of an individual New Zealand film-maker. We hope you enjoy this unique opportunity to immerse yourselves in the work of Annie Goldson, one of New Zealand’s most innovative and politically astute documentary film-makers.

Goldson has been producing and directing award-winning documentaries, docudramas and experimental film for 20 years in the United States and New Zealand. Her documentaries focus on political and social issues and have screened in film festivals and been broadcast around the world.

For festival programme details visit www.centurycinema.co.nz

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