| Location: | Samoa |
| Subject: | Anthropology |
| Length: | 52 minutes |
| Format: | 1/2-inch VHS |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1992 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Micah van der Ryn |
| Producer: | Center for Visual Anthropology, USC |
| Distributor: | University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 13639 |
| Description: | This unusual documentary focuses on a Samoan resident of Los Angeles and follows him and his family on a dramatic journey to Western Samoa. In a formal ceremony he is invested as a matai (traditional Samoan chief). Examines his new role in the Samoan community of Los Angeles following his return. A superb introduction to Samoan culture and a vivid profile of a man coming to terms with two different cultural traditions. Also a remarkable study of cultural change and resilience and the role of traditional culture and political structures in new transnational contexts. |
| Record No: | 298 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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