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Whilst Fox could have focused heavily on researched materials to ground this as a purely historical piece, his decision to build his narrative around his subjects makes this a very personal account and it shows… It makes it very much their story and they become the faces of the islands and their past. 

/  jamie cansdale, asian movie pulse  /

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Testimony is accorded a special status in Between Tides: without it, images feel impoverished, and individuals become invisible. The singularity of talking heads seems to restore the locals to their subjecthood.

/  Ryan Lim, Docu-Yama Live!  /

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Culture means everything to my identity and expression, yet it’s also often difficult to convey and interpret cinematically. What may seem intrinsic to you may seem totally foreign to someone else, which makes the task of a 90-minute feature documentary about an obscure island seem almost impossible.

/ interview with masa fox, guam international film festival /

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I never had a community, so to speak—a community that was fixed, that I could always go back to… All my life I’ve been longing for a community to call home. Home to me is a very complicated issue.

/  interview with Masa fox, put it together - an abnormal entertainment podcast  /