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  • About the Film
    • About
    • Reviews
    • Background
    • Guam Military Buildup
    • Director’s Message
  • More Info
    • Press Kit
    • Credits
    • Funders
    • Maps
    • Links
  • Study Guide
  • Video
    • Trailers
    • More Video
  • Buy the DVD
  • Blog
  • Contact

“A valuable resource for teaching and organizing.”

The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
Film Review by John Junkerman

Mention “The Insular Empire” to the average American, and they’d likely have no idea what you were talking about. They probably still wouldn’t get it if you gave them another clue: “America in the Mariana Islands.” These are the title and subtitle of a new film by Vanessa Warheit, which began screening on PBS earlier this year.

It is the singular misfortune of the residents of Guam and the Northern Marianas to have been born on tiny islands of great strategic value in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The consequence has been their colonial subordination for four centuries to a succession of empires… (read the entire review here)

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