Making a Heartwarming Ode to Connection, Samoan Culture and Motherhood That Sings: Miki Magasiva and Anapela Polataivao Chat ‘Tina’

With his first feature, Samoa-born, New Zealand-based writer/director Miki Magasiva is living the filmmaking dream, all by championing what’s important in his culture. Tinā, about a grieving mother who takes a job at a private school after the Christchurch earthquakes…