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- Title
- Deportees of Tonga - Gangsters in Paradise
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
American-raised, Kiwi based photographer Todd Henry produced this documentary for Vice, after meeting deportee 'Ila Mo'unga while visiting Tonga. Mo'unga was drawn to Henry after hearing his familiar American accent. Tonga is now home to hundreds of deportees — permanent residents of New Zealand, Australia or the United States who committed serious crimes and did jailtime, then were put on a plane to start a new life in an unfamiliar culture. The lucky ones have family land, or a place to sta...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2019
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/deportees-of-tonga-gangsters-in-paradise-2019
- Related subjects
- tonga / nz on air / new zealand on air / nukua'lofa / nukunuku / drugs / meth / murder / assault / nz prison / airport / deportation / flags / broken family / regrets / america / australia / alien / pigs / kumala / ancestral land / inheritance / poloka / ice / bicycling / sunday / queen salote wharf / jobs / king cobras / vanilla / fale / cigarettes / star car rentals / ma'ufanga / needles / drug dealer / machete / taro / tongan commissioner of prisons / prison / family drama / sione ngaue / sione moli / i'la m'ounga / talia'uli prescott / sione falemanu / aiga / banned / gun / filipino / tattoo / cigarette / passport / coconut
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