75 min | Australia/Aotearoa New Zealand | Feature Documentary | Work-in-Progress
Logline
An intimate, intergenerational portrait of Te Vaka founder Opetaia Foa’i and his family’s decades-long mission to carry Pacific language, stories and music to the world—culminating in global recognition through Disney’s Moana and a legacy now passing to the next generation.
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Full documentary screener available to festival programmers and industry on request.
Director’s Statement
I am not an outside observer.
I was born into Te Vaka.
As daughter, band member, and filmmaker, I hold both the camera and the inheritance of this story.
I was just 2 years old when we did our first international tour, and yes I was on stage too. Throughout my childhood I watched my family achieve many things.
It seemed normal to me, because it was all I knew. It wasn’t until my late teens that I began to understand that these feats were in fact extraordinary, and soon the realisation took hold of me that this story was my duty to tell.
- Olivia Foa’i (Director/Producer)
Contact
Olivia Foa’i
Sydney, Australia
info@forthesouthpacific.com