 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: Local film a hot item in stores |
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Ña Noniep
Locally-produced film Ña Noniep is a hit with customers in Majuro and Ebeye and US mainland Marshallese.
Sales have exceeded expectations, with the initial order of 1,000 DVDs nearly sold out, and demand still high. Producer Jack Niedenthal told the Journal this week he has placed a second order originally planned for 500 DVDs, he increased it to 1,000 after EZ Price Mart asked to buy 300 more to sell at the Uliga store.
Niedenthal said after three weeks of availability, he’s sold 75 copies through the Bikini web site, and this week the film became available through Amazon. com, the huge Internetbased retail company.
When the 1,000 DVDs arrive, they will be sold through Majuro Coop School, just like the first batch, Niedenthal said.
An east coast-based Marshallese told Niedenthal that interest in Ña Noniep among the Marshallese community on the mainland is high. He ordered a film through the Internet and then invited Marshallese in the area to come watch the show at his house. “My place was packed worse than the Super Bowl,” he said.
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