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Va Tapuia - Sacred Spaces
Short Film (Full Length) – 2009
Growing up in Samoa, I was fascinated by the bond between our deceased relatives usually buried in our front yards.
– Tusi Tamasese
Amuia le masina, e alu ma sau (Blessed is the moon: it goes, but comes back again)
– Samoan proverb
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