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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
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John-Oliver
March 10, 2015

John Oliver: It Doesn’t Come with the Territories

I got a voice message last week, from the rights manager at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He wanted to know if I would let them use some of The Insular Empire in their show – and could I please send them a high-resolution file ASAP? It seemed crazy: the John Oliver wanted to use […]

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August 20, 2011

Larry Cunningham describes early indigenous navigation in the Pacific

Dr. Larry Cunningham describes indigenous navigation of the Pacific, long before the arrival of the Europeans.

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August 19, 2011

Anne Perez Hattori: Spanish resettlement and the lanchu system

Guam History professor Anne Perez Hattori describes how the Spanish resettled Chamorros into Catholic villages, and how the “lanchu” system helped to preserve clan structures and ties to ancestral land.

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December 7, 2010

Sam McPhetres: “We’re not on anyone’s radar”

Northern Marianas educator Sam McPhetres describes the Northern Marianas’ absence in American textbooks.

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December 7, 2010

Remembering the CIA

Four-minute excerpt from The Insular Empire: Lino Olopai and Pete A. Tenorio tell stories about growing up on Saipan in the 1950s.

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December 7, 2010

Anne Perez Hattori: “Land is wealth to the Chamoru people.”

Guam History professor Anne Perez Hattori describes the Chamoru’s connection to their land, and the effects of US military land-takings on Guam after World War II.

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