Year: 2018
Director: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Language: English and Tongan with English subtitles
Nation: Kanaka Maoli, Tonga
Leitis in Waiting is the story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism in their South Pacific Kingdom. With unexpected humour and extraordinary access to the Kingdom’s royals and religious leaders, this emotional journey reveals what it means to be different in a society ruled by tradition, and what it takes to be accepted without forsaking your culture and tradition.
Year: 2018
Director: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Language: English and Tongan with English subtitles
Nation: Kanaka Maoli, Tonga
Leitis in Waiting is the story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism in their South Pacific Kingdom. With unexpected humour and extraordinary access to the Kingdom’s royals and religious leaders, this emotional journey reveals what it means to be different in a society ruled by tradition, and what it takes to be accepted without forsaking your culture and tradition.
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Ōtaki, 6015 New Zealand