During my research of Spanish influence in Guam and the Mariana Islands, I have developed a fascination for my culture and the history behind it. One of my colleagues, UH Manoa Spanish Graduate student Rebekah Garrison, recommended this film, The Insular Empire: America in the Marianas, which was written, directed and produced by Vanessa Warheit. It tells tells the story of a group of islands - after four empires - maintain a special relationship with the United States.
Over a course of eight years, Warheit and her crew developed relationships with a group of indigenous individuals to get inside their head and tell the story from their own experiences. This film is not your ordinary History Channel documentary, but more of a personal, human approach to a past and current fish-eye perspective inside the mind of a Pacific native.
I will be attending the UH Manoa screening this afternoon (Sunday, Feb. 21st) at 4 p.m. at the Architecture Building. For more information on other screenings, visit TheInsularEmpire.com.
I will be attending the UH Manoa screening this afternoon (Sunday, Feb. 21st) at 4 p.m. at the Architecture Building. For more information on other screenings, visit TheInsularEmpire.com.
