notes from paradise

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# Episodes
12 episodes
Rating
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Episodes of notes from paradise

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  Trouble in Honiara
  
  6 mins. I found myself in the eye of the storm this week, with my camera. On April 18th in the Solomon Islands a new prime minister was selected by members of the recently elected parliament - Snyder Rini is his name - but he was perceived by many as being part of the corrupt old government that the elections were supposed to have displaced. Up to 2,000 people - "a mob" - gathered outside the parliament building, demanding that Rini forfeit his position and allow an alternative candidate to be...
  - Release date
    
    Apr 20, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    06:37
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  Kuku Village 'Eco-Tour'
  
  Kuku is a small village just north of Suva, Fiji. Recently the residents uncovered evidence of an ancient village site next door, perhaps several thousands years old, distinguished by its four rings of ditch fortifications, old stone and iron tools and pottery shards. We also saw a Lovo Pit - a traditional earth oven dug into the ground - where human bones were found, evidence of cannibalism.The villagers are trying to do up the site and open it up to visitors. I was part of a group led by the...
  - Release date
    
    Apr 12, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    03:41
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  Fiji: Politics & Happiness
  
  I must be bitter about politicians by now, they seem the same the world over: petty, sadistic, spoiled children who only know how to 'play' and leave behind them a wake of misery, poverty and destruction. I'd choose an enlightened dictator any day over a democratically elected selfish bully.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 22, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    03:00
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  Oceania Wood Carvings
  
  A la Ken Burns, some photos from the Oceania Arts Centre of the extraordinary wood carvings of mythological beasts.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 16, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    01:39
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  Food & Culture in Fiji: Interview
  
  here's my first interview: I met Santh, a charismatic, animated Fijian of Indian extraction who works at the university and we started talking about what people eat in Fiji and the differences between Indo-Fijians and Fijians with respect to diet and food preferences. 3mins
  - Release date
    
    Mar 14, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    03:04
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  Suva Market
  
  They sell everything here that's alive - almost! Fruit, vegetables, many of which I've never seen before, fish, crabs, clams, flowers, cooked food. There's a stall that sells plastic bags, and another that sells strips of thin wood (sorry i don't know the name) for people to make their own weaved mats.What I like about the market is its size and the frenetic atmosphere. One way to take it in is to try to follow the young barefoot kids pushing goods from supplier to seller in wheelbarrows, navi...
  - Release date
    
    Mar 6, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    04:59
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  Fiji Flyover
  
  Flying from Nadi to Nausori we get to see a little of Fiji's main island from the sky. I had a voiceover for this but I started to prefer the weird music... what I wanted to say in the voiceover was that the land is obviously fundamental to Fijian society and culture, but society is divided between Fijian natives and Indo-Fijians brought here originally by the British, but who have of course since become intrinsic to Fijian economy, agriculture, society and culture.The main component of the Fi...
  - Release date
    
    Mar 1, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    02:45
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  Suva Streetlife
  
  This boy impacted me because - I don't know why. He spends his day on this street corner and people put money in his lap. Once in a while a lady comes along to collect the money and reset his feet on the wheelchair comfortably. People stare at him, like me, obviously. But he seemed content there, occupying himself with the life on the street around him. This was the only wheelchair-bound person I saw on the street.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 1, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    00:15
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  Rain on a Desert Island
  
  A quickie - 30s - under the porch of the guardian's house with his two youngest kids. The middle kid appears on his bike at the end. The mom is asleep inside the house but only visible for a moment in the shadows
  - Release date
    
    Mar 1, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    00:30
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  Suva Brass Band
  
  A quick blip of the Suva Salvation Army Band in a practice session - 30 sec.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 1, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    00:35