The film was produced and directed by Lisa Taouma, a New Zealand film maker of Samoan ancestry.[1][2] It features Samoan tatau artist Tyla Vaeau Ta’ufo’ou of an indigenous tattoo studio on K’ Road called Karanga Ink. In the film she returns to Samoa to learn more and reconnect.[3]
The film won the 2018 best documentary award at the imagineNATIVE indigenous film festival in Toronto, Canada and the Best Cinematography award at the DocEdge Festival in Aotearoa 2019.[4] It also won the Best Pasifika Programme at the 2020 New Zealand TV Awards.[5]
The song "Pese o le tatau" which was performed by Mema Wilda was commissioned for the film.[6]
Reception
The film had its New Zealand premiere in Wellington. It was also set to screen at the imagineNATIVE indigenous film festival in Toronto, Canada in the week following the Wellington premiere.[7]
The screening at the Queensland Multicultural Center which included a Q&A session with director Lisa Taouma, tatau artist Julia Gray, Maryann Talia Pau and Lanatina from House of Iliganoa was sold out.[9]
Credits
Actor: Goddess - Cheyenne Maiava, Susana Paese Si'a
Additional footage - Julia Mage-au Gray (Papua New Guinea)
Art design - Linda Lepou
Camera - Hayden Aull, Jake Farani, Elizabeth Koroivulaono, Twayne Laumua, Faanati Mamea, Christo Montes, Arthur Rasmussen
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