Surrounds Me like a Sea. 25 mins. Film. 2025.

The film follows Ni Ah and her family as they fish, celebrate a birthday, and live daily life in a small village in Fiji. 

I am so grateful to Ni Ah and her family for allowing me and my mother to observe their world and life. Thank you for taking us fishing, keeping us safe, feeding us and teaching us. This small video window into an island is too small, and offers just the smallest slice of a whole world and ecology.

Filmed in Naselesele, Tavenuni, Fiji

With:

Polonia Baleimago
Serafina Lasaro
Lasaro Caginitabale
Tamara Lilian
Jolame Caginitabale
Louisa Caginitabale
Adi Miriama Mua
Semiti Duituturaga
Aiden Rairuku Racolo
Alipate Duilomaloma

Translations by Waisake Raliwalala and Malakai Kaitani

Additional recordings by Nanci Lee