The 20th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival announced the lineup of independent films and works by Indigenous creators, closing with the film The Sun Above Me Never Sets by Lyubov Borisova.
Vai (2019)
Vai (2019)
NAME OF FILM: VAI (2019)
DIRECTOR(S): Nicole Whippy, ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga
STARRING: Ro Mereani Adi Tuimatanisiga, Ar-Ramadi Longopoa, Betsy Lania Luitolo
GENRE: Drama Film
SYNOPSIS: Vai is a portmanteau feature film by nine Polynesian directors and filmed on seven different pacific islands. It is about the journey of empowerment through culture, over the lifetime of one woman, Vai.