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Tatau is about Siaki (Jack), an elderly Samoan man struggling to come to terms with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo and the shame of now losing his sight. As Siaki's vision deteriorates, memories of the painful tattooing ceremony he underwent in his youth haunt him as he yearns to see his tattoo completed before it's too late.Read moreLess
Tatau is about Siaki (Jack), an elderly Samoan man struggling to come to terms with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo and the shame of now losing his sight. As Siaki's vision deteriorates, memories of the painful tattooing ceremony he underwent in his youth haunt him as he yearns to see his tattoo completed before it's too late.
The story
Tatau is about Siaki (Jack), an elderly Samoan man struggling to come to terms with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo and the shame of now losing his sight. As Siaki's vision deteriorates, memories of the painful tattooing ceremony he underwent in his youth haunt him as he yearns to see his tattoo completed before it's too late.
Cast & crew
Beulah KoaleYoung Siaki
Robbie MagasivaOld Siaki (as Rob Magasiva)
Vasa TaseleSione
Aleni TufugaTufuga TatauExplore the crew
- Director
- Chantelle Burgoyne
- Writer
- Chantelle Burgoyne
- Producer
- Graeme E. Bibby
- Producer
- Chantelle Burgoyne
- Producer
- Zanna Gillespie
- Producer
- Selina Joe
- Editor
- Chantelle Burgoyne