title: The Orator

type: Backdrop

type: Poster

status: Released

THE ORATOR TRAILER- OFFICIAL HD VERSION

key: AGXopPdTAGs

site: YouTube

type: Trailer

overview: 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.

title: The Orator

title: O le tulafale

title: 演说家

character: Saili

type: Cast

character: Vaaiga

character: Litia

character: Poto

character: Kome

character: Lupe

character: Bus Driver

character: Candidate

character: Lototasi

character: Family Worker

character: Tomboy

character: Faiaso

character: Young Man Lover

character: Cheeky Young Man

character: Tagaloa

character: Flanker Chief 1

character: Flanker Chief 2

character: Head Chief

character: Young Woman Lover

character: Kavika

character: Coach

character: Sio

character: Paki

character: Litia's Friend

character: Maleka

character: Maleka's Cousin

character: Maleka's Sister

character: Little Boy

character: Galu

character: Pele

character: Mata

character: Security Guard

character: Ifoga family

character: Backyard Chief

character: Young Man from Vaaiga's Family

character: Fousaga

character: Fousanga's Henchman

character: Tufa'ava/Tautu'ava

character: Palu'ava

character: Malae

job: Director

department: Directing

type: Crew

job: Art Direction

department: Art

job: Key Makeup Artist


title: Banana with Coconut Milk

overview: Two boys in the process of making a Samoan dish.

title: Banana with Coconut Milk

original_title: Fa'alifu Fa'i

original_language: sm


title: Sacred Spaces

name: Cinema Pasifika: Episode 1 - Va Tapuia by Tusi Tamasese

type: Featurette

overview: Taro planter Lui's grief for his dead wife has infected his whole life. A chance meeting with a stranger, a widow bound in anger to the grave of her husband now drowning in their cyclone devastated village, inspires Lui to reach out to her. This releases him from his own pain and allows his wife to rest.

title: Sacred Spaces

character: Lui

character: Malia

character: Villager

job: Assistant Director

job: Costume Design

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Gaffer

department: Lighting

job: Sound Editor

department: Sound

job: Associate Producer

department: Production

job: Editor

department: Editing

job: Assistant Camera

department: Camera

job: Writer

department: Writing

job: Producer

original_title: Va Tapuia

production_countries: WS NZ


title: Silent Cries

overview: Luana Lepou (Salina Vai) is a brilliant 15-year-old. The recent death of her father left her in the care of her mother, Susana (Frances Talataiga) and older sister, Sina (Auau Faleafine). Sina seems to have found the love of her life in her sweet, loving boyfriend, Limu Lualua (Joseph Iosua) who proposes marriage to Sina. After exchanging vows, Limu moves into the Lepou household with Sina, in bliss, until Sina notices a change in her newly wedded husband's behavior. Limu begins to come home late and drunk, fighting and arguing. Sina complains to her mother, who tries to patch things up. Unfortunately for young Luana, Limu turns his drunken attention on her, making suggestive gestures, and threatening her if she tells anyone. She struggles with the shame of her sister's husband's attention. Luana cries out for help, but to her dismay and frustration, the family does not believe her. With no help, Luana is forced to keep this a secret. Inspired by a true story.

title: Silent Cries

character: Luana Lepou

character: Susana

character: Sina

character: Limu Lualua

original_title: Loimata Natia


title: The Journey

overview: In a long forgotten Samoa, a group of young men are sent into the deepest part of the forest to fulfill their destinies and emerge as Warriors.

title: The Journey

original_title: Malaga


title: One Thousand Ropes

overview: The father of a deeply troubled household that endured tragedy both from without and within, seeks to reconcile with his youngest daughter by making a journey to both symbolically and culturally lay the family "ghosts" to rest.

title: One Thousand Ropes

title: One Thousand Ropes

overview: De vader van een moeilijke huishouden die de tragedie zowel van buitenaf als binnenin doorstaat, probeert zich te verzoenen met zijn jongste dochter door een reis te maken naar zowel symbolisch als cultureel de familie 'geesten' te laten rusten.

character: Ilisa

character: Eva

character: Molesi

character: Henry Pasi

character: Midwife

character: Debt

character: Maea

character: Dorothy

job: Makeup Designer

job: Art Department Coordinator

job: Casting Director

job: Line Producer

job: Executive Producer

job: Production Design

job: Assistant Makeup Artist

job: Director of Photography

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: One Thousand Ropes

production_countries: NZ WS


title: The Laughing Samoans: Crack Me Off

overview: Comedy sensations, The Laughing Samoans (aka Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i) have come a long way since their debut gig at the Fringe Festival in Wellington in 2003.  In addition to commanding such major NZ venues as The Aotea Centre and The Michael Fowler Centre, The Laughing Samoans now fill large concert halls in the USA, Hawai'i, Australia and (obviously) throughout the Pacific region.  Crack Me Off is the fifth DVD the Laughing Samoans has released.

title: The Laughing Samoans: Crack Me Off

character: Himself

job: Director

original_title: The Laughing Samoans: Crack Me Off


title: The Movement

overview: A short about a group of friends drinking and traveling to meet more friends.It is based around the Samoan ritual of drinking ava.

title: The Movement

character: Tuna

character: Fata

character: Pili

character: Vaea

character: Moso

job: Transportation Coordinator

department: Crew

job: Second Assistant Camera

job: Vocals

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Musician

job: Props

job: Camera Operator

original_title: Ava Manuia


title: Boys, Where Are You

overview: Even though she still doesn't know what is the right thing to do, Lena made a decision.

title: Boys, Where Are You

character: Lena

character: Vlada

character: Lenina majka

job: Writer

original_title: Momci, gde ste


title: Samoana: The Islands They Named Samoa

overview: Samoana recounts events and personages of Samoa's history in its 3000 years of settlement. Having left southeast Asia several centuries before, these seafaring people and exponents of the lapita culture made the Samoa island group their home. They developed a culture which retained elements of their original, and embraced new aspects as they adapted to a different environment.

title: Samoana: The Islands They Named Samoa

original_title: O motu na latou faaigoaina o Samoa

production_countries: AU WS


title: Sinalela

overview: A fa'afafine retelling of Cinderella, but with a cast of Samoan transgenders and drag queens!

title: Sinalela

original_title: Sinalela


title: The Last Sunday

overview: A coming-of-age story that explores how money affects Pacific communities and their churches. The film follows a Samoan teenager who is coming to a realisation of struggle within his family, and in his attempt to support his parents, he winds up paying the price.

title: The Last Sunday

job: Assistant Camera

job: Sound Recordist

job: Editorial Consultant

job: Boom Operator

job: Producer

job: Cinematography

job: Editor

original_title: The Last Sunday


title: Vaimoe

overview: “e lele le toloa ae ma‘au lava i le vai”—the duck flies far but will always return to water. Vaimoe dares to look at love and growth after loss and tragedy within the Samoan community. It addresses ideas of migration, identity, belonging, and exploring what it means to return to an ancestral homeland.

title: Vaimoe

original_title: Vaimoe


title: Breaths Of Rhymes

overview: This documentary showcases some of the most beautiful Arabic poems.

title: Breaths Of Rhymes

original_title: أنفاس القوافي