Albert Wendt on the screen

In honour of Albert Wendt's Prime Minister's Literary Award this week, NZ Screen just fast-tracked the adaptations of his films to the site. 

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/flying-fox-in-a-freedom-tree-1990

and

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/sons-for-the-return-home-1979

(This was the first NZ feature film about the Samoan experience) 

Photo above - The Press - Gregory O'Brien (award for non-fiction), Sam Hunt (award for poetry), Prime Minister John Key, and Albert Wendt (award for fiction).