When the Man Went South (2014)

John Groberg, un chico granjero de Idaho, cruza el océano para hacerse misionero en el remoto reino de Tonga durante los años cincuenta. Atrás dejó a su familia y al amor de su vida, la joven y bella Jean Sabin. Es 1953, y el joven universitario John es enviado como misionero a una lejana isla de la Polinesia. Tras un largo viaje, llega a un nuevo mundo, habitado por gentes muy distintas a las que él había conocido, y a un entorno paradisíaco que poco a poco irá descubriendo de la mano de un nativo que le enseña a vivir fantásticas experiencias

‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title.

The south sea island Tonga is full of plantations and scoundrels. Ellen Bradford arrives expecting marriage to respectable and successful plantation owner only to find he is a drunk and gambler. Being the only white woman she is the desire of scoundrels and cut-throats.

The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the South Pacific Kingdom.

A multi-generational film of a unique, vanishing culture of Polynesian women jugglers in The Kingdom of Tonga.