Five films to stream during Pasifika 2020

In celebration of Pasifika 2020, we’ve put together a list of our film favourites for you to watch throughout the month! It features life stories of some of our greatest sportspeople, courageous tales of Pasifika heroes and a powerful yet timely documentary on the urgency of climate change.

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Anger within: Jonah Lomu

Set in New Zealand.

2013 || Rated M

Documentary. New Zealand born Tongan Jonah Lomu, was without a doubt, the most famous rugby player of all time. His outstanding physique, his power, his speed, and determination helped revolutionise the game around the world.

The Orator
Set in Samoa
2011 || Rated PG
The Orator (O Le Tulafale) is a contemporary drama about courage, forgiveness and love. Small in stature and humble, Saili lives a simple life with his beloved wife and daughter in an isolated, traditional village in the islands of Samoa. Forced to protect his land and family, Saili must face his fears and seek the right to speak up for those he loves.

When the man went South
Set in Tonga
2014 || Rated M
The story of a Tongan hunter named Flying Fox (Soane Prescott) who, upon the suggestion of his chief Singing Whale (Loketi Tatafu), ventures out from the comforts of his village to discover the mysterious ways of the world that exist beyond his own island and about his strengths as a man. During his journey outwards Flying Fox meets two warring villages and attempts to mediate their respective differences.

The hungry tide
Set in Kiribati
2011 || Rated G
Documentary. Maria Tiimon, originally from Kiribati, now lives in Sydney, where she works raising awareness of climate change issues in the Pacific. Maria travels to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference where the low-lying Island States led by Tuvalu, push for a new treaty requiring all nations to agree on carbon emission reductions to keep global temperature from rising above 1.5C.

Tanna

Set in Vanuatu
2017 || Rated M
In one of the last remaining traditional tribes in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa (Marie Wawa), falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain (Mungau Dain). But when an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed to another man as part of a peace deal. Determined to remain true to their hearts, the Wawa and Dain run away. With their lives on the line, the star-crossed lovers must choose between their hearts and the peaceful future of the tribe.


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