LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears

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LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears

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Filmmaker Anna Marbrook (Waka Warriors) followed a Samoan/Kiwi family on a pilgrimage to Samoa, to confront a source of decades long pain. South Auckland-raised Lilo Ema Siope became a waka builder, and captained Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr's waka Haunui Waka Hourua and Aotearoa One. In the feature-length documentary, Marbrook captures humour and emotion during the final weeks of terminally ill Siope's life — as she channels her remaining energy into travelling with her family to her parents' birth ...

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Video

Date created

2020

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/loimata-the-sweetest-tears-2020

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waka / voyaging / samoa / fa'a samoa / loimata / death / dying / hospital / rural nz / waka building / ocean / family / family drama / whanau / pain / grief / return / te waka maori / lilo ema siope / healing / spirituality / coming home / generational trauma / nz on air / new zealand on air / cancer / counselling / team effort / palm trees

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