Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox

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Art historian Dr James Fox traces the momentous impact of the west's contact with the peoples and cultures of the Pacific. It is a story of exploration, encounter and exploitation.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2018

Still image for Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox season 1 episode 1: Australia

1. Australia

James Fox tells the story of Australia's indigenous culture, the oldest continuous culture anywhere in the world.

Still image for Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox season 1 episode 2: Polynesia

2. Polynesia

In his exploration of the collision of the West and Pacific culture, James Fox explores how the West has created a vision of Polynesia as paradise.

Still image for Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox season 1 episode 3: New Zealand

3. New Zealand

James Fox explores how New Zealand's indigenous Maori people resisted colonisation and marginalisation and maintained their distinctive culture.

Cast

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James Fox

Self - Presenter

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