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COMPILATION OF PACIFIC ISLANDER READING

& TEACHING RESOURCES
This list was compiled from several different sources.

LIST OF PACIFIC WORKS FROM UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, PACIFIC

STUDIES
(syllabi & bibliographies) - (http://www.hawaii.edu/cpis/psi/content.html)

Melanesia
Anthropology of Melanesia (Golub, 2010)
Ethnography of Melanesia (McPherson, 2009)
First Contact and its Aftermath in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Golub, 2007)

Micronesia
Health and Human Adaptation in Micronesia (Rubinstein, 2009)
History of Guam (Viernes, 2010)
Marshallese Immigrants and the US Education System (Barker, 2007)

Polynesia
Literature and Culture: The Hawaiian ExperienceMo`olelo K` (Ho`omanawanui,
2008)
Polynesia before European Contact (Cordy, 2011)

Anthropology
Anthropology of Melanesia (Golub, 2010)
Anthropology of the Pacific Islands (Mawyer, 2010)
Change in the Pacific (McCormack, 2008)
Cultures of Oceania (McCormack, 2009)
Cultures of the Pacific Islands (Feinberg 2014)
Ethnography of Melanesia (McPherson, 2009)
First Contact and its Aftermath in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Golub, 2007)
The Global Pacific (Keller, 2009)
Indigenous Anthropology (Tengan, 2007)
Indigenous Anthropology (Tengan, 2011)
Marshallese Immigrants and the US Education System (Barker, 2007)
Pacific Islands Cultures (White, 2009)
Pacific Islands Cultures (White 2006)
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Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2008)

Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2010)
Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2013)
Pacific Island Societies (Biersack, 2009)
Peoples and Cultures of Micronesia (Rubenstein 2013)
Samoan History (Achica, 2010)
Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (Hershinow and Higgins, 2007)
Visual Anthropology (Pigliasco, 2011)

Art
Art in the Pacific (Brunt, 2007)

Bibliographies
Chinese in the Pacific (Autio, 2011)
Island Lives: A Selected Bibliography of Biographies (Peacock, 2007)
Pacific Islands Literature: A Selective Reading Guide (Peacock, 2007)
Pacific Periodicals: A Selected List (Peacock, 2007)
Pacific Resources: A Selected List (Peacock, 2007)

Contemporary Issues
Change in the Pacific (McCormack, 2008)
The Contemporary Pacific: Culture, Society, Politics and Development (K Teaiwa, 2008)
The Contemporary Pacific (Wesley-Smith, 2009)
Contemporary Issues in Oceania ( Wesley-Smith, 2011)
Hawai'i and the Pacific (Tengan, 2011)
Health and Human Adaptation in Micronesia (Rubinstein, 2009)
Islands of Globalization (Kabutaulaka, 2009)
Marshallese Immigrants and the US Education System (Barker, 2007)
Oceania on the Move (Quan Bautista, 2009)
Pacific Communities in Hawaii (Walsh, 2012)
Pacific Encounters: An Introduction to History and Culture in Oceania (D'Arcy, 2008)
Pacific Island Cultures (Pigliasco, 2008)
Pacific Island Societies (Biersack, 2009
Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2008)
Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2009)
Planning in Hawai'i and Pacific Islands (Minerbi 2008)
Planning in Hawai'i and Pacific Islands (Minerbi 2013)
Planning in Hawai'i and Pacific Islands (Minerbi 2014)
Questioning the Racial Labels: Asian (&) (/) Pacific Islanders (Arenal, 2008)
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The Global Pacific (Keller, 2009)

Urbanization in the Pacific: Seminar in Planning Practice (Finin, 2011)
Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands (Cooper, 2014)

Cultural Studies
Colonialism and Law in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Camacho, 2009)
Indigenous Anthropology (Tengan, 2011)
Pacific Literary and Cultural Studies (Najita, 2011)
Re/Presenting Oceania (Hereniko, 2008)

Economics
Pacific Island Economies (Jayaraman, 2011)

Education
There are currently no syllabi for this category

Film Studies
Gender and Film in the Pacific (Camacho, 2011)
Indigenous Film (Brislin 2010)
Visual Anthropology (Pigliasco, 2011)

Gender Studies
Gender and Film in the Pacific (Camacho, 2011)

Geography
Geography of Oceania (Davis, 2011)
Geography of the Pacific (Strauch, Sum 2010)

History
Colonialism and Law in Asia and the Pacific Islands (Camacho, 2009)
Histories of the Pacific (Matsuda, 2008)
History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Camacho, 2008)
History of Guam (Viernes, 2010)
History of Pacific Islands (Chappell, 2013)
Pacific Encounters: An Introduction to History and Culture in Oceania (D'Arcy, 2008)
Polynesia before European Contact (Cordy, 2011)
Samoan History (Achica, 2010)
Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (Hershinow and Higgins, 2007)
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Interdisciplinary Approaches
Green Indigeneities (Najita, 2010)
Hawaiian-Pacific Traditions (Cordy, 2011)
Internship: BA Honors Pacific Studies (T. Teaiwa 2011)
Islands of Globalization (Kabutaulaka, 2009)
Learning Oceania (Wesley-Smith, 2009)
Learning Oceania (Wesley-Smith, 2010)
Oceania on the Move (Quan Bautista, 2009)
Pacific Communities in Hawai`i(Walsh, 2013)
Pacific Islands Information Resources (Peacock, 2007)
Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Hereniko, 2008)
Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Kabutaulaka, 2010)
Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2008)
Pacific Worlds: An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (Quan Bautista, 2009)
Polynesia before European Contact (Cordy, 2011)
Polynesian & Micronesian Mythology (Cordy, 2011)
Re/Presenting Oceania (Hereniko, 2008)
Re/Presenting Oceania (Kabutaulaka, 2010)
Researching Oceania (Quan Bautista 2012)
Theory and Methods in Pacific Studies (T. Teaiwa 2011)

Language
There are currently no syllabi for this category

Literature and Theater

African (American) and Oceanian Literatures: Influences and Affinities (Lyons 2013)
Green Indigeneities (Najita, 2010)
Introduction to Pacific Island Literatures (DeLoughrey 2010)
Literature and Culture: The Hawaiian Experience Mo`olelo K` (Ho`omanawanui,
2008)
Literature in the Pacific (Somerville, 2013)
Literature of Oceania (Tupou, 2010)
Pacific Literary and Cultural Studies (Najita, 2011)
Pacific Literature (Somerville, 2010)
Seminar in Cultural Studies (Asia/Pacific): Pacific Literary Criticism (Somerville, 2013)
Time Traveling & Island Hopping: Connecting the Stories (Hershinow and Higgins, 2007)
Unwriting Oceania: Studies in Literature and Culture of Oceania (Winduo, 2011)

Music and Dance

There are currently no syllabi for this category
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Natural Sciences
There are currently no syllabi for this category

Political Science
Introduction to Political Science (Rokolekutu, 2008)

Religion
Classical Hawaiian Education: Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2007)
Hawaiian Gods: Pele and Kamapua'a (Charlot, 2010)
Origins of the Universe: Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2010)
Polynesian Religions (Charlot, 2011)

Religion and Politics: Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2009)
Understanding Hawaiian Religion (Charlot, 2011)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

For more - http://wincart.fullerton.edu/research/publication.html

Published in 2015
Kwan, P., Briand, F., Lee, C., Lepule, J., Llave, K., Pang, K., Sabado, M., Santos, L.,
Tanjasiri, S., Tuione, V., Schmidt-Vaivao, D., & Palmer, P. (2015). Reservations to
Participate in Biospecimen Research among Pacific Islanders. Californian Journal of
Health Promotion, 13(3), 27-33.
LaBreche, M., Cheri, A., Custodio, H., Fex, C.C., Foo, M.A., Lepule, J.T., Tui'one May, V.,
Orne, A., Pang, J.K., Pang, V.K., Sablan-Santos, L., Schmidt-Vaivao, D., Surani, Z., Fifita
Talavou, M., Toilolo, T., Palmer, P.H., & Tanjasiri, S.P. (2015). Let's Move for Pacific
Islander Communities: An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity. Journal of Cancer
Education. doi: 10.1007/s13187-015-0875-3

Published in 2014
Palmer, P.H. (2014). Pacific Islander health and disease: an overview. In R.M. Huff, M.V.
Kline & D.V. Peterson (Eds.), Health promotion in multicultural populations (pp.333-359).
Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
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Palmer, P.H. (2014). Improving Pacific Islander health through community participation: a
case study. In R.M. Huff, M.V. Kline & D.V. Peterson (Eds.), Health promotion in
multicultural populations (pp.425-434). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Kwan, P., Briand, G., Lee, C., Lepule, J., Pang, J., Sabado, M., Santos, L., Tanjasiri, S.,
Tuione, V., Etimanti, V., and Palmer, P. (2014). Use of a Community Based Participatory
Research Approach to Assess Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs on Biospecimen
Research among Pacific Islanders. Health Promotion Practice. 15(3): 422-430.

Published in 2013
DiStefano, A., Peters, R., Tanjasiri, S.P., Quituqua, L., Dimaculangan, J., Hui, B.,
Barrera-Ng, A., Vunileva, Tuione, V., & Takahashi, L. (2013). A community-based
participatory research study of HIV and HPV vulnerabilities and prevention in two Pacific
Islander communities: ethical challenges and solutions. Journal of Empirical Research
on Human Research Ethics, 8(1): 68-78. NIHMSID: 480895
Palmer, P.H., Lee, C., Sablan-Santos, L., Lepule, T.J., Pang, V.K., Tuione V., Schmidt-
Vaivao, D., Sabado, M.D., Sur, R., & Tanjasiri, S.P. (2013). Eliminating tobacco
disparities among Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders through policy change: the role of
community-based organizations. Health Promotion Practice, 14(5 Suppl): 36S-39S. doi:
10.1177/152483991348615
Sur, R., Peters, R., Beck, L.L., Fifita, M., Gonzalez, M., Guevara, L., Palmer, P.H.,
&Tanjasiri, S.P. (2013). A Pacific Islander Organizations Approach Towards Increasing
Colorectal Cancer Knowledge and Beliefs. Californian Journal of Health Promotion,
11(2): 12-20.
Tanjasiri, S.P., Lew, R., Mouttapa, M., Lipton, R., Lew, L., Has, S., & Wong, M. (2013).
Environmental influences on tobacco use among Asian American and Pacific Islander
youth. Health Promotion Practice, 14(5S): 40-47. DOI: 10.1177/1524839913484762.

Published in 2012
Braun, K.L., Nguyen, T.T., Tanjasiri, S.P., Campbell, J., Heiney, S.P., Brandt, H.M., Smith,
S.A., Blumenthal, D.S., Hargreaves, M., Coe, K., Ma, G.X., Kenerson, D., Patel, K.,
Tsark, J.A., & Hebert, J.R. (2012). Operationalization of community-based participatory
research principles: Assessment of the National Cancer Institute's Community Network
Programs. American Journal of Public Health. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300304. PMCID:
PMC3292685.
DiStefano, A., Hui, B., Barrera-Ng., A., Quitugua, L., Peters, R., Dimaculangan, J.,
Vunileva, I., Tui'one, V., Takahashi, L., & Tanjasiri, S. (2012). Contextualization of HIV
and HPV risk and prevention among Pacific Islander young adults in Southern California.
Social Science & Medicine, 75(4), 699-708. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.011.
PMCID: PMC3383406
Felder, T.M., Brandt, H.M., Armstead, C., Cavicchia, P.P., Braun, K.L., Adams, S.A.,
Friedman, D.B., Tanjasiri, S.P., Steck, S.E., Smith, E.R., Daguis, V.G., & Hbert, J.R.
(2012). Creating a cadre of junior investigators to address the challenges of cancer-
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related health disparities: lessons learned from the community networks program.
Journal of Cancer Education. doi: 10.1007/s13187-012-0361-0. PMCID: PMC3407323
McEligot, A. J., McMullin, J., Pang, K., Bone, M., Winston, S., Ngewa, R., & Tanjasiri, S.
P. (2012). Dietary intakes, obesity and health behaviors in Native Hawaiians residing in
Southern California.Hawai'i Medical Journal, 71(5), 124-128. PMCID: PMC3360080
Moy, K.L., Sallis, J.F., Trinidad, D.R., Ice, C.L., & McEligot, A.J. (2012). Health behaviors
of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults in California. Asia-Pacific Journal of
Public Health. doi: 10.1177/1010539511408068.
Tanjasiri, S.P., Mouttapa, M., Sablan-Santos, L., & Quitugua, L.F. (2012). What promotes
cervical cancer screening among Chamorro women in California?Journal of Cancer
Education, 27(4), 725-730. doi: 10.1007/s13187-012-0394-4. PMCID: PMC3500582
Kwan, P.P., Briand, G., Lee, C., Lepule, J.T., Pang, J.K., Sabado, M., Sablan-Santos, L.,
Schmidt-Vaivao, D., Tanjasiri, S.P., Tui'one May, V., & Palmer, P.H. (2012). Translating
research into practice: Results of the WINCART Center Biospecimen Pilot Study and
community outreach efforts. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (abstract),
ED03-03.

Published in 2011
Liu, L., Tanjasiri, S.P., & Cockburn, M. (2011). Challenges in identifying Native Hawaiians
and Pacific Islanders in population-based cancer registries in the U.S. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health, 13(5), 860-866. doi: 10.1007/s10903-010-9381-1.
PMCID: PMC3191111
Tanjasiri, S. P., Mata`alii, S., Hanneman, M., Sabado, M. (2011). Needs and Experiences
of Samoan Breast Cancer Survivors in Southern California. Hawai`i Medical Journal, 70,
31-35. PMCID: PMC3254226
Tanjasiri, S.P., Wiersma, L., Briand, G., Faletau, V., Lepule, J., Nacpil, L., & Eichenauer,
J. (2011). Balancing community and university aims in a study of obesity and physical
activity in Pacific Islander youth. Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 5(1),
19-25. NIHMSID: 485128

LIST OF SPECIFIC WORK FROM PACIFIC AUTHORS

Written work by Dr. Teresia Teaiwa (recently passed 3/21/2017)

2015. What Makes Fiji Women Soldiers? Context, Context, Context. Intersections: Gender and
Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific 37.
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2014. Porirua market with Susana and Jessie, 2009 and a trip to market with Margaret,

2007. In Baninnur: A Basket of Food, 2014. Black Market Press 36.

2013. Dyed in Paru, Makariri, and Draft Manifesto for a Feminist Asthmatic in
Aotearoa (three poems). 4th Floor Literary Journal.

2012. disarmed (13 poems, including audio). Queensland Art Gallery for the Asia Pacific
Triennial.

2010. The Thing About It Is (Part of Special Section Essays in Honor of Epeli Hauofa). The
Contemporary Pacific 22 (1): 105-108.

2007. niudity (I-IV). Pacific Studies 30(3&4):103-105.

2007. Introduction. In Indigenous Encounters: Reflections on Relations between People in the

Pacific, edited by Katerina Martina Teaiwa, 1-9. Occasional Paper series 43. Honolulu, Hawaii:
Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of
Hawaii at Mnoa.

2006. On Analogies: Rethinking the Pacific in a Global Context. The Contemporary Pacific 18
(1): 71-87.

2006. The Classroom as Metaphorical Canoe: Co-operative Learning in Pacific Studies. World
Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium.

2005. Articulated Cultures: Militarism and Masculinities in Fiji During the Min 1990s. Fijian
Studies 3(2): 201-222

2004. Review of The Network Inside Out, by Annelise Riles. The Contemporary Pacific 16 (2):
443-45.

2002. Review of Te Rii ni Banaba. Journal of the Polynesian Society 111(4):402-405.

2001. An Analysis of The Current Political Crisis in Fiji. In Coup: Reflections on the Political
Crisis in Fiji, edited by Brij Lal and Michael Peters, p. 31-34. Canberra: Pandanus Press. (N.B.
This link is to the 2008 reissue of this book by ANU Epress).

2001. L(o)osing the Edge. Special issue, The Contemporary Pacific 13 (2): 343-57.
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2001. Review of Compassionate Exile by Bob Madey and Larry Thomas. The Contemporary
Pacific 13 (1): 302-06.

2000. Review of Gauguins Skirt, by Stephen F. Eisenman. Pacific Studies 23(1&2):103-111.

1997. Review of Speaking to Power: Gender and Politics in the Western Pacific, by Lynn B
Wilson. The Contemporary Pacific 9 (1): 290-94.

1997. Learningto Love it: Some thoughts on Teaching History. The History Teacher: Magazine
of the Queensland History Teachers Association 35(1):1-7.

1996. Review of A New Oceania: Rediscovering Our Sea of Islands, edited by Eric Waddell,
Vijay Naidu, and Epeli Hauofa. The Contemporary Pacific 8 (1): 214-17.

1994. bikinis and other s/pacific n/oceans. The Contemporary Pacific 6 (1): 87-109.

Co-Authored

2016. Dvorak, Greg , Delihna Ehmes, Evile Feleti, Perez Viernes, and Teresia Teaiwa. Gender
in the Pacific. Volume 2 of Teaching Oceania Series, edited by Monica LaBriola. Honolulu:
Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of HawaiiMnoa.

2013. Teaiwa, T. and Slatter, Claire. Samting nating: Pacific waves at the margins of feminist
security studies. International Studies Perspectives, 14(4):447-450.

2012. Kihleng, E. and Teaiwa, T. Review of The Orator/O Le Tulafale [feature film]. The
Contemporary Pacific 24 (2): 434-438.

2010. Teaiwa, T., and Marsh, S. T. Albert Wendts Critical and Creative Legacy in Oceania: An
Introduction. The Contemporary Pacific 22 (2): 233-248.

2006. Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy; Asmar, Christine; Teaiwa, Teresia; Davidson-Toumua, Ruth.

Inventory of Pacific Research at Victoria University of Wellington 1999-2005. Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences: Victoria University of Wellington.

2006. Teaiwa, Teresia and Malakai Koloamatangi. Democracy and Its Prospects in the Pacific.
In Pacific Futures, edited by Michael Powles, 20-35. Canberra: Pandanus Books.

2005. Teaiwa, Teresia and Sean Mallon. Ambivalent Kinships? Pacific People in New Zealand.
In New Zealand Identities: Departures and Destinations, edited by James H. Liu et. al., 207-229.
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1994. Ochoa, Mara and Teresia Teaiwa. Introduction to Enunciating our Terms: Women of
Color in Collaboration and Conflict. Inscriptions 7.

Terisa Siagatonu
Remember We Have Choir Practice

Dr. Epeli Hauofa

We Are Ocean
Our Sea of Islands
Kisses in the Nederends

Dr. Konai Helu Thaman

Langakali (Collection of Poetry by Dr. Thaman)
You, the Choice of My Parents (1974)
Langakali (1981)
Hingano (1987)
Kakala (1993)
Songs of Love: New and Selected Poems (1999)

Lani Wendt Young

The Telesa Series
Telesa - The Covenant Keeper Book 1
I Am Daniel Tahi Book 2
When Water Burns Book 3
The Bone Bearer Book 4
Scarlet Series
Scarlet Lies Book 1 & 2

Dr. Okusitino Mahina

Reed Book of Tongan Proverbs
Maau Filifili - Selected Poems
16/11 Tonga he Fepaki - Tonga in Crisis

Karlo Mila
Dream Fish Floating
Anthologies such as Whetu Moana (Auckland University Press, 2003),
Niu Voices (Huia Publishers, 2006)
Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry (Rattapallax Press, 2002).
A Well Written Body (Huia, 2008)

Dr. Futa Helu

On Tongan Poetry

Sia Figel
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They Who Do Not Grieve

Where We Once Belonged

Patricia Grace
Potiki (Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature)

Maualaivao Albert Wendt

The Adventures of Vela

Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Painter/Artist, Poet and Author

Coconut Milk
Nafanua (Works from various writers and artists but edited by Dan Taulapapa McMullin)
Over My Queer Samoan Body

Here is the link to his website: http://www.taulapapa.com/writings.html

You will find links to the books that he has published in addition to poems and art
pieces.

Robert Sullivan, Maori Poet and Author

Piki Ake!: Poems 1990-92 (1993)
Maui - Legends of the Outcast (1996)
Star Waka (1999; German translation: Sternen-Waka, 2012)
Weaving Earth and Sky : Myths & Legends of Aotearoa (2002)
Captain Cook in the Underworld (2002)
Voice Carried My Family (2005)
Shout Ha! to the Sky (2010)

Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
LA Story http://uclajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.17953/amer.35.1.m3q3873608835gg6

Poetry by the Samoan author Tusiata Avia

http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/pasifika/avia1.asp

Poetry by the Phonpiean writer Emelihther Kihleng

https://www.amazon.com/My-Urohs-Emelihter-Kihleng/dp/0979378834

Poetry by the Chamorro author Craig Perez

http://craigsantosperez.com/books/

LIST OF PACIFIC ISLANDER FEATURE FILMS

1920s-30s:
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Moana: A Romance of the South Seas. Dir. Robert Flaherty, 1926. Silent Film. (66mins)
Betty Boop Royal Samoans (1932). Cartoon. (8mins)
1950s-60s:
Return to Paradise. Dir. Mark Robson, 1953. Drama. (1hr. 40mins) *
Blue Hawaii. Dir. Norman Taurog, 1961. Comedy/Romance. (1hr. 42mins)
Hawaii 1966. Dir. George Roy Hill, 1966. Drama film/Epic film (3hr. 9mins)
1980s-90s:
Utu. Dir. Geoff Murphy, 1983. Drama/History. (1hr. 58mins)
Emma: Queen of the South Seas. Dir. John Banas, 1988. Docudrama/Biography. (3hrs.
13mins)
Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree. Dir. Martyn Sanderson/Albert Wendt, 1990. Drama.
(90mins)
The Piano. Dir. Jane Campion, 1993. Drama/Romance. (2hrs.)
Once were Warriors. Dir. Lee Tamahori, 1994. Drama (1hr. 43mins) *
Tuvalu. Dir. Veit Helmer, 1999. Drama/Romance (1hr. 47mins) *
Beyond Paradise. Dir. David L. Cunningham, 1998. Drama (1hr. 45mins)
2000-09:
The Other Side of Heaven. Dir. Mitch Davis, 2001. Drama/Biography (1hr. 53mins)
Lilo & Stitch. Dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, 2002. Science Fiction/Adventure (1hr.
25mins)
Whale Rider. Dir. Niki Caro, 2002. Drama/Family (1hr 41mins)
The Legend of Johnny Lingo. Dir. Steven Ramirez, 2003. Adventure/Family (1hr.
31mins)
Samoan Wedding. Dir. Chris Graham, 2006. Romance/World Cinema (1hr. 37mins)
The Tattooist. Dir. Peter Burger, 2007. Thriller/Horror (1hr. 32mins) *
The Disappearing of Tuvalu: Trouble in Paradise, Dir. Christopher Horner, 2004.
(75mins)
2010-15:
Boy. Dir. Taika Waititi, 2010. Comedy/Drama (1hr 30mins) *
The Orator/O le Tulafale. Dir. Tusi Tamasese, 2011. Drama (1hr 50mins)
The Deadlands. Dir. Toa Fraser, 2014. Action (1hr. 48mins) *
The Dark Horse. Dir. James Napier Robertson, 2014. Drama (2hrs 5mins)
Tanna. Dir. Martin Butler, Bently, 2015. Drama/Romance (1hr 40mins)
The Tongans: Meet the Parents Dir. Kalo Fainu Comedy (22mins)
ThuleTuvalu Dir. Matthias von Gunten 2014. Documentary (1hr 36mins)
2016-17:
A Lifetime of Change (Overfishing Cook Islands) Dir. Teina Rongo (19mins)
One Thousand Ropes Dir. Tusi Tamasese 2017. Horror (98 mins)
Gary of the Pacific Dir. Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings 2017. Comedy (1hr 27mins)
Moana. Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements, 2016. Fantasy/Action (1h 44mins)
Three Wise Cousins. Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa (1hr 29mins)
Micronesian Blues (TV Series 2017)
Broken Dir. Tarry Mortlock (coming soon 2017)
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Kids from CHUUK Dir. Sarah Filush (2016)

Siuas Kalapu Story (2016)
Uprise PI Videographer & Editor: Bryan Tucker (2016)
Aumua Mataitusi on The Feagaiga Dir. Lola Quan Bautista (2016)

LIST OF PACIFIC ISLANDER DOCUMENTARY FILMS BY SUBJECT

Gender & Sexuality:

Queendom of Tonga. Dir. Brian Favorite, 2015. Documentary (50mins)
Kumu Hina. Dir. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, 2014. Biography (1hr. 17mins)
Paradise Bent. Dir. Heather Croall, 1999. Documentary (50mins)
Health/Wellness:
Bay Area Pacific Islander Digital Stories, 2013 & 2015.
Collateral Damage - episode 6 of Unnatural Causes series by PBS (29 mins) - http://
www.unnaturalcauses.org/episode_descriptions.php?page=6
Higher Education:
Mt. Sac Student Digital Stories, 2015. (8mins each)
Tongan Ark. Dir. Paul Janman, 2012. (60mins)
Margaret Mead and Samoa. Dir. Frank Heimans, 1988. (51mins)*
Pacific Islanders in Higher Education. Dir. Dannyboy Veevalu. 2013. (16mins)
Urban Life:
Le Afi Ua Mu. Dir. Shane Seggar, 2008. Documentary (1hr)
My Crasy Life. Dir. Jean-Pierre-Gorin, 1999. (1hr 35mins)*
Social Movements:
Act of War. Dir. Puhipau, Joan Lander. Na Maka o Ka Aina, 1993. Documentary
(58mins)
Hawaii Last Queen. Dir. Vivian Ducat, 1997. Documentary (60mins)
Warriors Born: American Samoans in the U.S. Military. Dir. Rachel Kahn Taylor, 2010.
Doc. (23mins)*
Polynesian Panthers. Dir. Nevak IIolahia, 2010. Documentary (1hr)
Omai Faatasi. Dir. Takashi Fujii, 1974. Documentary (30mins)
Culture/Identity:
Siones Journey. Dir. Folola Malele, 2006. Documentary (20mins)
My FaaSamoa. Dir. Ursula Ann Siataga, 2011. Documentary (26mins)
Kava-The drink of the gods. Dir. Thorolf Lipp, 1998. Documentary (1hr 30mins)*
Taualuga. Dir. Lisa Taouma, 2014. Documentary (41mins)*
Three Wise Cousins. Dir. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa (1hr 29mins)
Sports:
Polynesian Pro Bowl Football Players (aired on ESPN)
In Football We Trust. Dir. Tony Vainuku & Erika Cohn, 2015. Documentary (1hr 27mins)
Next Goal Wins. Dir. Mike Brett & Steve Jamison, 2014. Documentary (1hr 37mins)
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Pacific Warriors. Dir. James Marquand, 2015. Documentary (1hr 33mins)

Animation:
Betty Boop Royal Samoans (1932). Cartoon. (8mins)
Moana. Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements, 2016. Fantasy/Action (1h 44mins)

Additional Resources:
http://www.hawaii.edu/cpis/PacFilmsTeach.htm
http://www.yidff.jp/docbox/14/box14-3-e.html
https://mubi.com/lists/pacific-islanders-on-film