Sapeta Taito Explained

Birth Name:Sapeta Sokag‘aitu Taito
Birth Place:Suva, Fiji

Sapeta Sokag‘aitu Taito (born 1986) is a Fijian actress. She played the lead role in Fiji's first feature film, The Land Has Eyes, in 2004.

Biography

Born in Suva, Fiji, Taito moved to Rotuma at a young age. She studied at the Lelean Memorial School in Suva, and then studied science at the University of the South Pacific,[1] majoring in biology and chemistry, with the aim of later studying medicine and becoming a surgeon.[2]

The Land Has Eyes

She auditioned successfully for the lead role, that of a young Rotuman woman, in the film The Land Has Eyes, despite never having seen a film before.[3] [4] She attended the film's world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, travelling outside Fiji for the first time to do so.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=83 "USP student stars in internationally acclaimed movie - The Land Has Eyes"
  2. http://www.rotuma.net/os/NewsArchive/Archive2005/archive0511.htm "Torn between two worlds"
  3. http://www.thelandhaseyes.org/cast.html "The Cast"
  4. http://www.seattleweekly.com/2006-04-12/film/the-land-has-eyes.php "The Land Has Eyes" (review)