Sapeta Taito

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.

Sapeta Taito
Born
Sapeta Sokag‘aitu Taito

1986 (age 33–34)
Suva, Fiji

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.[2][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.[3]

References
  1. "USP student stars in internationally acclaimed movie - The Land Has Eyes" University of the South Pacific, September 8, 2005,
  2. "Torn between two worlds", Stan Ritova, Fiji Times, November 24, 2005
  3. "The Cast", official website of the film The Land Has Eyes
  4. "The Land Has Eyes" (review), Tim Appelo, Seattle Weekly, April 12, 2006
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