Tales of the Diaspora

Tales of the Diaspora

Tales of the Diaspora

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Tales of the Diaspora

2025

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Tales of the Diaspora is the debut film from xxiivanu productions, and was conceived as a love letter to Pasifika youth around the world, as they navigate the sometimes tumultuous waves of finding and retaining cultural identity whilst growing up away from their homelands.

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