Toa`ipuapuagā (Strength in Suffering)

When a young Samoan woman is stricken
with bleeding stigmata during an Easter
church service, she faces adoration and
condemnation from her deeply religious
island community, whilst struggling with
her life as a wife and mother.


Duration 10 Minutes
Language English
Year 2018
Indigenous Nation Māori and Tongan

Director Vea Mafile’o