When the Man Went South (2014)

John Groberg (Christopher Gorham) é um jovem missionário que, nos anos 50, embarca em uma longa viagem juntamente com os nativos da ilha Tongan, deixando para trás a noiva e sua família. Ao longo de sua viagem ele escreve cartas para sua noiva, relatando suas aventuras para sobreviver em uma terra desconhecida. Ao mesmo tempo Groberg conhece a cultura local e faz amigos nos 3 anos que passa longe de casa.

‘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.