For My Father's Kingdom

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Title

For My Father's Kingdom

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Director Vea Mafile'o's Tongan father Saia drives this deeply personal film. Vea raises thorny questions about the relationship between money and the church in Tongan culture, questions that caused her Kiwi/Tongan family pain. Pensioner Saia Mafile'o's dedication to raising large amounts of money for Misinale (an annual church celebration) upset his children and splintered his marriage. Mafile'o returns to Tonga with her father and siblings, to attend the Misinale and learn why the financial ...

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Format

Video

Date created

2019

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/for-my-fathers-kingdom-2019

Related subjects

sacrifice / family / tonga / hamilton / hamilton tongan society / church / pigs / crayfish / feasting / family drama / biography / dawn / paper round / culture clash / generation gap / estrangement / separation / south auckland / misnale / financial pressure / feast / home video / letter / inter-racial relationship / cadzow family trust / whānau

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