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201819 minGdoc-short

Apparatus

201819 minGdoc-short

Samoan artist Tanu Gago presents a 19-minute documentary that contrasts boys forming their identities with historical images of sculpted men in New Zealand.

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Samoan artist Tanu Gago presents a 19-minute documentary that contrasts boys forming their identities with historical images of sculpted men in New Zealand.

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In Aotearoa, Samoan artist Tanu Gago presents a visual contrast between boys developing their identities and historical imagery of sculpted men. The 19-minute documentary Apparatus focuses on the influence of colonialism on expressions of masculinity within indigenous culture in New Zealand. Through striking footage, Gago captures moments of selfhood and actualization against the backdrop of past representations of manhood.

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