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TUSALAVA

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Len Lye's first film. The London Film Society premiered TUSALAVA in 1929 with Jack Ellitt’s original piano music [which] has unfortunately been lost. The film imagines the beginnings of life on earth. Single-cell creatures evolve into more complex forms of life. Evolution leads to conflict, and two species fight for supremacy. The title is a Samoan word which suggests that things go full circle...
Display date:
1929
Location:
United Kingdom
Format:
MovingImage
Collections:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Contributors:
Director: Len Lye
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