A personal journey for Benji, a second-generation Aotearoa-born Samoan receiving the Pe'a, covering the body from the knees to the waist. A recollection of the seven days of this spiritual and painful experience.

Tatau; the Tales of Diaspora

THE CALLING.It is the water that brought us to our land.Our old people to our land. It is the water that brought ‘them’ to our land, their new land.It is the water that falls from our eyes at all that separates us today, from the way we were.It is the water that continues to call us back to our old peoples thinking.THE CALLING. Supported by Creative New Zealand in 2018 The Calling was created for the 'A Maternal Lens' exhibit 2018,4ème Biennale Internationale de Casablanca

The Calling

This 2016 Loading Documentary introduces a heavily-tattoed Englishman living in Rarotonga. Croc Coulter is an unlikely master of the traditional art of tātatau (tattoo); the documentary follows Coulter as he teaches the art form to an apprentice, Moko Smith. Coulter also lives with cystic fibrosis.

Aka'ou

Decades of logging have drastically changed the landscape and lifestyle of those who call the Solomon Islands home. Now, the last untouched forest of the country is at risk of being lost. The Indigenous communities who live in the high mountain forests, known locally as the “Sky Aelans” or Sky Islands, are the last guardians of these sacred spaces. This film is a reflection and celebration of the vital bond that these communities have with their Sky Aelans.&nbsp;

SKY AELANS

On the day she gets her first menses, Hinekura is initiated into adulthood with ceremony and blessings. She's taken to a wananga where her role within the tribe is revealed to her.

Hinekura

Tep Tok (Tap Talk) around the importance of tattoo revival and the continuance of marking skin for the next generation.&nbsp;​This short documentary captures a&nbsp;series of Auckland conversations with Tepaeru Ariki Lulu French, Tyla Vaeau, Ema Tavola, Milly Koria Grant, Graham Tipene, Ahukata Keefe, Salevasa Gray, Georgie Williams and Moko Smith.

Tep Tok : The Auckland Conversation

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