“When the journey toward healing leads to the unfathomable”
In May 2024, news of a murder in the Polynesian nation of Samoa rocked the Pacific. The perpetrator, Sia Figiel, was a trailblazing novelist and poet who won international acclaim for being the first to write about the difficult realities Samoan girls and women face. The victim was her friend, who was also a poet.
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Kimberlee Bassford Director
United States release October 19, 2025 · Produced in United States
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · June 28, 2025
Premiere · Doc Edge
United States · October 19, 2025
Premiere · Hawai'i International Film Festival
Australia
September 20, 2026 · Premiere · Pasifika Film Festival
Taiwan
August 1, 2026 · Premiere · Taitung International Austronesian Film Festival
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