Partner: Festival Formula
Director:
Brendan Canty
Filmmaker's profile
With his neighbourhood in South Auckland under threat from gentrification, a young man recalls his youth, his roots and his upbringing through spoken word memories and dance.
Duration: 11min.
Country: New Zealand
Language: English, Samoan
Year: 2022
Genre: Fiction (Drama)
Topic: Adolescence, Brotherhood, Childhood, Community, Dance, Every Day Life, Friendship, Gentrification, Indigenous, Landscape, Memories, Nostalgia, Rural, Society, Tradition, Urban, Youth, Youth/Teen
Director: Brendan Canty
Production company: Film Construction
Writer: Brendan Canty, Villa Junior Lemanu
Cinematographer: Fergus Cahill
Editor: Brendan Canty
Music: Daithí O'Dronaí, Tom Morris, TJ Buford, Ian Ring
Actors: Villa Junior Lemanu
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