{"id":1812,"date":"2010-10-28T21:24:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinsularempire.com\/?page_id=1812"},"modified":"2017-08-04T23:06:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T23:06:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theinsularempire.com\/?page_id=1812","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col1\">\n<p class=\"intro\">What does it mean to be a colonial subject of the greatest democracy on earth?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Insular Empire<\/em><\/strong> is a one-hour PBS documentary about America&#8217;s colonies in the western Pacific. Six thousand miles west of California, the Mariana Islands include the U.S. Territory of Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (or CNMI). Although most Americans don\u2019t believe the US is an empire, by many standards, these \u201cinsular areas\u201d are American colonies. And most Americans know nothing about them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Insular Empire<\/em><\/strong> will change this.<\/p>\n<p>From the beaches of Guam to the White House, from the CIA to the Peace Corps, from beauty pageants to the UN \u2013 <strong><em>The Insular Empire<\/em><\/strong> follows four indigenous island leaders, to discover what it means to belong to America\u2019s \u2018insular empire\u2019 in the Pacific. Ultimately, it is a story of loyalty and betrayal, about a patriotic island people struggling to find their place within the American political family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col2\">\n<h2>Four People, Four Viewpoints<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"photo_border\" src=\"https:\/\/theinsularempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Hope Cristobal<\/strong> is a museum director, former Guam Senator, and creator of Guam&#8217;s Commission on Decolonization. For the past thirty years she has been struggling to make her people\u2019s voices heard at the United Nations. Today she wonders who will follow in her footsteps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"photo_border\" src=\"https:\/\/theinsularempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Carlos Taitano<\/strong>, a 92-year old rebel patriot, wants to be a full-fledged American before he dies. After serving as an officer in the US Army under General MacArthur, he led a revolt that gave the Chamorro people of Guam US citizenship. Today, he craves \u2018the ultimate goal of every American citizen\u2019: US statehood.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"photo_border\" src=\"https:\/\/theinsularempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Lino Olopai<\/strong> worked first for the CIA and then for the Peace Corps, to help his family survive after World War II. Today he is trying to bridge the gap between his Carolinian roots and the freedoms that come with his new American identity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"photo_border\" src=\"https:\/\/theinsularempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Pete A. Tenorio<\/strong> was a key negotiator of the Northern Marianas\u2019 covenant with the US. Devoted to all things American, he willingly sacrificed his islands\u2019 sovereignty to make them a part of \u2018the American political family.\u2019 Today he begs Washington for his people\u2019s basic needs, and struggles to maintain his faith in the American Dream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to be a colonial subject of the greatest democracy on earth? The Insular Empire is a one-hour PBS documentary about America&#8217;s colonies in the western Pacific. 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