Whoa. Got an outtatheblue email from Pollywood Film Festival director Craig Fasi this morning.
On Sunday 8 July at 3:00pm, To’ona’i will open the Film Screenings section of the Home AKL exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery.
Apparently I’ll be taking questions. Maybe I’ll see you there.
Congrats! And all the best for tomorrow and the questions…
thanks, Sean!
How did it all go?
it was… a little weird.
there was a typical dramatic progression leading up to it: i thought i was just going to do a Q&A about the film but when i was introduced to the audience, apparently i was going to talk about the film and the process around it as well.
and then i was being asked questions that, in hindsight, kinda sorta place me in “Samoan filmmaker” role model territory which i totally feel unworthy of. like i said to the audience, i’m not a Samoan or Pasifika storyteller – i’m a New Zealand storyteller who is also Samoan.
i’m glad i did it, but. i hope my answers weren’t too glib, and they they were honest and enlightening.