tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12989542.post8419167521301649033..comments2023-10-29T02:17:04.629+13:00Comments on Twisted By Life (Simplify and Exaggerate) The Easy Answers: What's Wrong With Weird?Yossarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661820992372676044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12989542.post-30323065174373811352007-08-21T22:56:00.000+12:002007-08-21T22:56:00.000+12:00From Street To Sky - Local Legend On Maori TVMaori...From Street To Sky - Local Legend On Maori TV<BR/><BR/>Maori Television unveils a striking and pivotal portrait of the life of<BR/>one of New Zealand's musical crusaders, Tigilau Ness, with the screening<BR/>of FROM STREET TO SKY in the Zealand Documentary slot, Pakipumeka<BR/>Aotearoa, on Wednesday August 22 at 8.00 PM.<BR/><BR/>The one-hour film is a personal account of four decades of protest and<BR/>how a humble man of Nuiean descent has helped shape the relationship<BR/>between Maori and peoples of the Pacific - not only through his music<BR/>but also through his physical actions on the 'street'.<BR/><BR/>As a 20-year-old, Tigilau joined the Polynesian Panthers and formed a<BR/>unique relationship with Nga Tama Toa, allowing him to take a stand on<BR/>both Pacific Island and Maori civil liberty issues with marches and<BR/>protests. He was even prepared to sit in front of the Waitangi flag pole<BR/>with a "car full of dynamite"<BR/>contemplating its destruction!<BR/><BR/>FROM STREET TO SKY explores the relationship of his music with that of<BR/>protest - very few people know that he was one of four people to go to<BR/>prison because of his stand against apartheid and the 1982 Springbok<BR/>Tour.<BR/><BR/>It also reveals a new face to this humble character as we discover that<BR/>he is the father of musician Che Fu. Their relationship has seen Tigilau<BR/>through imprisonment, an attempted suicide, a life changing meeting with<BR/>Bob Marley and a musical career that has always been in the shadow of<BR/>his better-known son.<BR/><BR/>Now, at the age of 52 and after more than 30 years of writing music,<BR/>Tigilau has achieved what many young musicians can only aspire to. He<BR/>and his band Unity Pacific have had their second album 'Into the Dread'<BR/>licensed by their record label, Moving Production, to EMI NZ Limited.<BR/><BR/>Shot over five months by Blue Bach Productions, FROM STREET TO SKY<BR/>combines music, poetry and New Zealand social history to trace his long<BR/>walk from radical street politics to profound roots reggae destined for<BR/>the sky.<BR/><BR/>This story about a man who saw the social wrongs that were happening<BR/>around him and used his 'god-given' talent to help everyone understand<BR/>what they were - as he saw them - screens in Maori Television's New<BR/>Zealand Documentary slot, Pakipumeka Aotearoa, on Wednesday August 22 at<BR/>8.00 PM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com