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O Tamaiti (The children), and: Velvet Dreams (review)

O Tamaiti (The children), and: Velvet Dreams (review) Media Reviews O Tamaiti (The children), 15 minutes, reinforcing (and in the process cri- 35 mm, black and white, 1996. tiquing) the axiom that children Writer and director, Sima Urale; pro- should be seen and not heard. Ironi- ducer, Kara Paewai; distributor, New cally, the film’s overall silence gives Zealand Film Commission, PO Box voice to an often-silent majority in 11546, Wellington, New Zealand. society—children. It is their story that Fax: (644) 384-9719. Urale is most interested in exploring. The dominance of the lowered camera Velvet Dreams, 46 minutes, vhs positions and angles, the extreme (ntsc and pal), color, 1997. Director, close-ups (rendering common objects Sima Urale; producers, Vincent Burke, as interesting and alienating as they Clifton May; distributor, Top Shelf must be for a child or a migrant fam- Productions, PO Box 9101, Welling- ily newly encountering the seductions ton, New Zealand. Fax (644) 801- of the west), and the visual decapita- 6920, email: topshelf@clear.net.nz. tion of speaking adults prioritize the pal, nz$39.95, and ntsc, nz$65. worldview of the children and serve to reinforce viewer identification with Exciting new writer and director Sima them. At the same time such filming Urale’s debut film O Tamaiti (The techniques create http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Contemporary Pacific University of Hawai'I Press

O Tamaiti (The children), and: Velvet Dreams (review)

Marsh, Selina Tusitala.
The Contemporary Pacific , Volume 12 (2) – Jul 1, 2001
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Media Reviews O Tamaiti (The children), 15 minutes, reinforcing (and in the process cri- 35 mm, black and white, 1996. tiquing) the axiom that children Writer and director, Sima Urale; pro- should be seen and not heard. Ironi- ducer, Kara Paewai; distributor, New cally, the film’s overall silence gives Zealand Film Commission, PO Box voice to an often-silent majority in 11546, Wellington, New Zealand. society—children. It is their story that Fax: (644) 384-9719. Urale is most interested in exploring. The dominance of the lowered camera Velvet Dreams, 46 minutes, vhs positions and angles, the extreme (ntsc and pal), color, 1997. Director, close-ups (rendering common objects Sima Urale; producers, Vincent Burke, as interesting and alienating as they Clifton May; distributor, Top Shelf must be for a child or a migrant fam- Productions, PO Box 9101, Welling- ily newly encountering the seductions ton, New Zealand. Fax (644) 801- of the west), and the visual decapita- 6920, email: topshelf@clear.net.nz. tion of speaking adults prioritize the pal, nz$39.95, and ntsc, nz$65. worldview of the children and serve to reinforce viewer identification with Exciting new writer and director Sima them. At the same time such filming Urale’s debut film O Tamaiti (The techniques create

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Published: Jul 1, 2001

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