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“Meeting with traditional tattoo artist Moana Heitaa.”
Meeting with traditional tattoo artist Moana Heitaa. Moana uses the combs. Born in Tahiti, he learned with his Hawaiian mentor Heizea of Soul Pacific Signature, before traveling to the Pacific to deepen his knowledge and rediscover this ancestral art which has continued in Samoa and Tonga.
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Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$4,000

From 2019 Maui Film Festival This powerful documentary celebrates the historic Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage that connected countless individuals and communities from around the globe. A voyage that also represented the fulfillment of the vision of Nainoa Thompson and his contemporaries, the passing of the mantle to the next generation of kanaka maoli who will retain the skills of their ancestors and perpetuate this tradition for generations to come so the legacy of Hokulea can last for 1,000 generations.

Boxer, fisherman, murderer, jailbird, Terii Lenoir does not mince his words. Aged 65, this former boxer still beats up the little thugs who come to hang out a little too close to his cabin, at the foot of a mango tree, on the edge of the Tahiti lagoon.