A film telling the story of the 2001 double murder of John Scott and his partner Greg Scrivener in Fiji has won 2008's best locally-produced documentary at last night's Qantas Television Awards. Killed: John Scott Scrivener, a New Zealander, and Scott, who was the head of the Fiji Red Cross and had a New Zealand and Fiji background, were slashed to death by Apete Kaisau, who was found not guilty of murder on grounds of insanity. Although it is not mentioned in the documentary, reports from Fiji suggest Kaisau was released from prison into the care of his family and village after serving only four years for his crimes. Documentary producer Annie Goldson took the top honour for the documentary called An Island Calling – re-titled as Murder in the Pacific when it was broadcast on TV3 this week. Since completing An Island Calling, Goldson has Executive Produced a documentary on New Zealand's Homosexual Panic Defence called An Ordinary Person, which will be screened in a film festival next year. Lesbian TV producer Claudette Hauiti, who produces Maori Television's Takataapui programme, also won a top award last night for Children of the Revolution – a look at the lives of five children born to the leaders of the protest movement in New Zealand. The documentary won Best Maori Language Programme. The official trailer for An Island Calling is shown below.
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First published: Sunday, 14th September 2008 - 11:51am