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Zori (2013)

★½ — Zori (2013)

Zori is a short film (running just nine minutes) produced under the Microwave Films banner in the Marshall Islands, one of the more remote and rarely represented nations in world cinema. Co-directed by Suzanne Chutaro and Jack Niedenthal, the latter an American writer long resident in the Marshalls who has written extensively about Marshallese culture and the legacy of US nuclear testing in the region, the film was made on what appears to be a negligible budget with a non-professional local cast. It sits within a modest tradition of community filmmaking aimed at giving small Pacific Island nations a screen presence, and its tagline, "on an island a flip flop is a terrible thing to lose," tells you more or less everything you need to know about its gentle, low-stakes ambitions.

A-Z World Movie Tour Marshall Islands https://youtu.be/9QESPfd3pWw?si=4kKCQG4cjRZyewEP Best part about this short is the soundtrack. It basically tells the story of a young Marshallese lad who wakes up and is told "if you want ice cream, go pick up garbage". 9 minutes of some little kid walking around picking up garbage. He lost a flip flop (they call them zoris) and yep, you betcha, he found another one.

Rating: ★½ | Year: 2013 | Watched: 2025-07-16

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