An Island Calling

In July 2001 John Scott and his partner Greg Scrivener were killed in their home in Fiji. From an old European-Fiji family, John was head of Fiji's Red Cross, and a go-between in the hostage crisis during the 2000 coup. Annie Goldson's documentary traces the killings, their aftermath, and the political crises marking Fiji's recent history. An Island Calling won six awards, including Best Documentary and Camera at the 2008 Qantas Film and TV Awards. In this opening excerpt, John's brother Owen returns to explore his family's connections to Fiji, his larger than life father, and how Europeans had much of the power in the 1960s.