MA Short Film goes to Hawaii and L.A

Check out Ma's adventures as she visitis Hawaii and LA for the first time!

Leiataua Afega 'Ma' Si'ulepa is 81 years old. She comes from a small village called Solaua, in the independent Polynesian island of Samoa. Ma has lived in New Zealand for most of her life. In 2013 Ma starred in a short film about her life as a widowed matriarch grandmother who returns home one day to find her precious toy monkey is missing. In 2014 Ma travelled with the film to the Hawaii International Film Festival and the LA Skins Fest in the USA. It was the first time Ma had ever experienced anything like it. 

This is a short documentary about her travels...