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Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
May 2011 Release: Lañinbwil's Gift
Lañinbwil's Gift Opening Night, May 21, 2011 Marshall Islands Resort:
"This movie...is alternately hilarious and spooky, it also offers a deeper message for those
interested in a challenge to their thinking about life in the Marshall Islands these days...
Nearly a thousand people crowded four shows Saturday —
the organizers had to add the fourth, 10 pm showing to accommodate the huge turnout."
—The Marshall Islands Journal, May 27, 2011
Chosen "Best of Festival" at the 2011 Guam International Film Festival
out of 130 films from 24 countries
January 2010 Release: Yokwe Bartowe
"Yokwe Bartowe must be the most honest film I have ever seen. Raw, down-to-earth and true to reality,
it becomes a statement about the Marshallese identity: humble, yet charming; troubled,
yet smiling; magical, yet believable... Many Hollywood directors indeed have a lot to learn
from Niedenthal, Chutaro and their crew."
-Peter Sutoris, Filmmaker
March 2009 Release: Ña Noniep
"It was thrilling to see a film that was conceptualized, written, cast, filmed and edited in the Marshall Islands
with a Marshallese cast and spoken mainly in Marshallese language with English subtitles...
Marshallese kids can now see that their lives and reality are worthy of exploration in film..."
--Dartmouth College Professor Andrew Garrod
