Happy Fiji Day!

This episode in recorded in two parts.

Part I - Outer Urban Studios - Coburg

I talanoa with Fijian gospel singers and twin sisters Ruci and Joanne Kaisila. They are the writers and performers of the film 'KIN - DUDI and JOJO'. It's a story of ancestral consciousness, sharing their family history and migration told by young Fijians living in north Melbourne.

We talanoa about navigating the duality in their identity, their spirituality and how it's shaped them as musicians and bringing the film to life with a team of Fijian creatives, which includes Tumeli Tuqota who directed the film and with the team at Outer Urban Projects, the KIN series is directed and produced by Irene Vela and produced by Kate Gillick.

Part 2 - My car , on the way to our screening dinner with Tumeli Tuqota the film director

Quick Q&A with Tumeli as we drive from the cinema to the Italian restaurant I Carusa in Brunswick for the screening dinner with cast and crew.

KIN SERIES

KIN - DUDI and JOJO is the first film in a four part series of documentary films, KIN by Outer Urban Projects

Each film reveals the brilliant, hidden musical families and subcultures of Melbourne’s diasporic and artistic communities - as they grapple with rediscovered ancestries, assimilation, transformation and the power of siblings.

Photography - Meredith O'Shea

Music credits

Genome by Falls

Pink Sand by PALA

Raspeebies by Dresden the Flamingo

Letters by Brasko

Film music

Isa lei Lia - Performed by Ruci and Jo Kaisila

Vakadua tale mada Turaga - performed by Ruci and Jo Kaisila and family