Leitis in Waiting (2018)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 12M
Director : Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Sinopsis
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.
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
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