Tala Pasifika - Talk of the Town
1995 · 0h 10m
Watch it tonight if you want to discover a groundbreaking piece of Pacific Island cinema that's both culturally significant and genuinely entertaining—this award-winning drama breaks new ground with its fa'afafine protagonist and intimate fourth-wall storytelling. It's a short, character-driven gem that deserves way more recognition than it gets, and at under an hour you've got no excuse to skip pioneering work like this.
Plot
Tala Pasifika was a pioneering Pacific Island drama series; this award-winning episode is one of six films that screened on TV One in 1996. 'Talk of the Town' is an entertaining short drama about Cindy (Henry Ah-Foo Taripo), a fa'afafine who has grown up to become a cabaret performer. She breaks the fourth wall from her dressing room to tell her story, which begins in her youth when her father (Alvin Fitisemanu) is impressed by her culinary skills and assigns her to the role of family cook.