SONG OF THE SOUTH SEAS. THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BILL SEVESI
- Description:
- A film biography on the life and music of Tongan-born dance hall musician Bill Sevesi. The story of a young Polynesian boy’s journey from Tonga to New Zealand and his subsequent discovery and ascent into the dance halls of the 1940s where he added a distinctly Polynesian style to popular dance music. Sevesi recalls a time when dance halls swayed to the sounds of steel guitars, as it conjured ...
- Display date:
- 1992
- Location:
- New Zealand/Aotearoa
- Format:
- MovingImage
- Collections:
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
- Contributors:
- Director: Chris Williams
- Content partner:
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
- Availability:
- Not online
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