Multinesia
Global indigenous voices with South Pacific roots
Samoan Stigmata
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 while struggling to maintain life as a wife and mother.
Feature documentary film in development, with support from the New Zealand Film Commission, based on the short film Toa’ipuapuaga: Strength in Suffering (world premiere at Berlinale NATIVe 2019, Wairoa Māori Film Festival Moana Jury Short Non-Fiction Prize).
Director: Vea Mafile'o
Producer: Karin Williams