AKANUANUA (Sneak Peek) - Celebrating Indigenous Pasifika Queer Visibility

A sneak peek into the Coconet Original series Akanuanua!

First episode dropping Friday 11th of February 2022 at 8pm NZT.

Akanuanua is a series exploring the lived realities of our MVPFAFF Queer Pasifika community. We take an up-close and personal look into the lives of 5 extraordinary Queer Pasifika people. Experiencing the ofa (love) they create, the mafana (warmth) they exude, the malie (humor) they share, and the faka'apa'apa they deserve. All of these elements are woven together to create moving 21st-century stories jumping out to be told, Akanuanua does just that!

Episode 1 (OUT FRIDAY) takes a walk in to the life of Asi Taouma Levy. A young Samoan living in West Auckland who has claimed their gender identity space in order to celebrate who they are. Asi shows us their world, their village and their alofa. 

"I didn't act like a stereotypical girl and I used to think maybe I was a boy, then I realised that...hmmm not really. I was watching videos on youtube and I remember this one video explaining what Non-Binary was, and I just remember crying..." - Asi