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Talk of the Town

Country: New Zealand, Language: English, 10 mins

  • Director: Lani John Tupu
  • Writer: Lisa Taouma
  • Producer: Ruth Kaupua-Panapa

CGiii Comment

It may have been pioneering in it time...but, it really is a quagmire of talentlessness.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Tala Pasifika was a pioneering Pacific Island drama series; this award-winning episode is one of six films that screened on TV One in 1996. 'Talk of the Town' is an entertaining short drama about Cindy (Henry Ah-Foo Taripo), a fa'afafine who has grown up to become a cabaret performer. She breaks the fourth wall from her dressing room to tell her story, which begins in her youth when her father (Alvin Fitisemanu) is impressed by her culinary skills and assigns her to the role of family cook.

Cast & Characters

Lani John Tupu