Le Afi Ua Mu: The Fire is Burning Part 5

Le Afi Ua Mu - A Fire is Burning 56 min., 2003, (USA) Director-Producer: Shane Seggar. Years ago, Samoans faced disaster as a volcano erupted and destroyed all that they owned. Luckily, they escaped with their lives, but lost everything else. As they watched the lava flow down the mountainside, consuming their homes and plantations, they cried out "Aue Te Fefe--I am so scared." Today, that fear returns in the face of the gang life consuming the lives of Samoan families here in the United States. Le Afi Ua Mu: The Fire Is Burning explores the difficulties that confront Samoan youth separated from their cultural heritage. Afakasi (half-Samoan) filmmaker Shane Seggar interweaves his own experiences with those of young Samoan men in Samoa and Los Angeles as he explores the social and cultural dynamics that lead Samoan youth to join gangs in the United States.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• village
• fa'a'alo'alo
• Polynesian
• Tutuila
• crips
• bloods
• rock
• gangs
• SOS
• Long
• Beach
• Fa'a
• Samoa
• Samoan
• family
• respect
• Documentary
• film
• Pacific
• Islands
• culture
• indigenous
• gangsters

[vaea46]

haha se soia. im only speaking the truth. Samoan girls are the hottest girls in the world.

[CAROLzTEE]

many of us samoans don't know the fa'a samoa in the U.S. don't knock him for that, him and his crew doing what they FEEL they got to do to survive in them streets, it's not exactly samoa out there in LA, I'm not saying i agree with the gang life, but im not saying i dis agree truth is it's 2 different worlds, your surroundings really makes a difference on how people communicate and act. i think both sides in samoa and LA makes good points but in the end we all samoan.

[nutt3r]

Visiting Samoa is a very humbling experience. It's a must trip for all of us who live elsewhere. This is a good doco.

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

Where Are The Windows Again? Most Likely 36th Or Somewhere Around There Huh.

[harmany08]

ahahaha, "they thought we were black people with good hair!" lol, thats the gem

[theLEGENDARYoneTC]

i love samoans, over here where i live in carson there's a fucken grip of them! they may look mean and talk alot of shit, but once you get to know them, their friendly and their funny as fuck!

[ilovetroypolamalu45]

he's hot! long hair guy

[ilovetroypolamalu45]

@MrTomfinai us samoans act meauli in the US? wel u samoans frm nz act like bloody wankers english european palagis kae! its not our fault dat our parents brought us out hea 2 da ghettos of da US we were raised w/otha groups of people but deas alot of us samoans dat r gud n rep 4 da fa'a samoa..we r known 1 be strong n well respected people here..we dnt act blk thats hood talk..deas alot of sa' dat were raised in the suburbs w/palagis n talk diff cant judge others bkus of wea dey were raised at

[1814Malo]

@keapswon if u know so much of the fa'asamoa way...howcome you can't spell 'meauli'? looool

[keapswon]

samoans in aus and nz all know the fa'a samoan way.. Yous to much fia miuli in the state's