Janet and John Pierson met in the 1980s while working at New York’s Film Forum, got married, and proceeded to make quite an impact on American independent film as early supporters of filmmakers Spike Lee and Kevin Smith. John had a prolific run as a financier and producer’s rep in the 1990s, which he wrote about in his book, Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes. In 2002, he jumped at the opportunity to program a year of free screenings at the world’s most remote movie theater, the 180 Meridian Cinema, a 288-seat house in Taveuni, Fiji. After living in Fiji along with their two teenagers for nearly a year, the Piersons invited Steve James to document the final month of this unusual endeavor. What emerges is a portrait of insiders and outsiders, misunderstanding and affinities, in two different cultures and within the family itself. Reel Paradise follows the ripple effects of a bold experiment based in the belief that movies can cross all divides.  ST