Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
in the Media

Lañinbwil's Gift chosen as a film for
the Guam Humanities Series in February of 2012

Interview with Directors/Producers Jack Niedenthal and Suzanne Chutaro
Guam International Film Festival Website, September 17, 2011

MARSHALLS FILM FINALIST AT GUAM FILM FESTIVAL
Laninbwil’s Gift earlier won at Vancouver festival
-Pacific Islands Report, September 2011

Marshalls Film Named Finalist in Guam Festival
- The Marianas Variety, September 2011

Over 100 films to be featured in Guam Int’l Film Festival
- The Marianas Variety, September 2011

"The drive-by images that flicker through the film capture downtown Majuro in its rough, sometimes
bombed-out looking urban ugliness of patchwork fences and half-built concrete structures.
The taunting of a homeless boy by kids and adults presents a mirror of how
Marshallese society has changed from the old days when
the phrase ‘jouj eo, mour eo’ (kindness is life) governed people’s
lives in this rapidly changing western Pacific nation."
-The Marianas Variety, June 2011
(read full review "Thousands Flock to View New Marshalls Film")

Radio Australia interview with Jack Niedenthal
Lañinbwil’s Gift is a new feature film in the Marshallese language with English subtitles
that premiered in Majuro on 21 May. It has a fabulous plot featuring characters from Marshallese mythology,
and it tells the story of the story of Jacob, an old island man with a complicated secret.
Screenwriter and co-director Jack Niedenthal joined Heather Jarvis to talk about the storyline,
how the film came together and the importance of Marshall Islanders
seeing their own language and experiences reflected on film.

Presenter: Heather Jarvis, ABC News (May 2011)

“Yokwe Bartowe...can sincerely lay claim to being among the most original cinematic endeavors
to emerge in quite some time... it slam dunks with spirit and personality...
If the film is missing the razzmatazz of the CGI-heavy productions from Hollywood,
it more than compensates with the raw, visceral power one associates from folk art –
it throbs with a genuine sense of emotion and honesty, demanding that its voice be heard and respected.
Hopefully, Yokwe Bartowe will find its way around the world...
This is an extraordinary work that deserves to be seen!"

-Phil Hall, Film Threat, February 25, 2010 (read entire review)

Film Threat Interview in March of 2010 with Jack Niedenthal
regarding making movies in the Marshall Islands.

Radio Australia Radio Program (mp3)
with interviews regarding the film, Ña Noniep, March 3, 2009

Radio Australia Interview (11 minutes) with Jack Niedenthal about Yokwe Bartowe

Radio New Zealand (mp3) interview re Ña Noniep, March 13, 2009
Radio New Zealand interview with Jack Niedenthal about Yokwe Bartowe, January 25, 2010

Marianas Variety Review of Ña Noniep,
March 16, 2009

Marshalls Film Outdoes 'Avatar' at Box Office in Majuro!

-Marianas Variety, March 5, 2010 read article

Yokwe Online,
Marshallese News Website, Article about Ña Noniep,
February 21, 2009
Yokwe online forum about Ña Noniep

The Marshall Islands Journal,
Marshallese Newspaper article re Ña Noniep,
April 3, 2009

Read the February 5, 2010 story "Bartowe Blockbuster" in the Journal in PDF about
Yokwe Bartowe .

Rimajol.com
Marshallese News Website, Article
and forum about Ña Noniep, March 15, 2009

Noniep DVDs fly off the shelves of RMI stores