A Legacy - Short Film Showcase

Sia struggles with her identity as a Samoan woman living in a western culture. She must come to terms with the abusive legacy of her family.

A Legacy
Dorothy Mane

Presented by Pacific Islanders in Communications: Short Film Showcase
www.piccom.org/shortfilm

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• A Legacy
• Short Film Showcase
• Samoa
• Samoan
• Family
• Abuse
• Brother
• Sister
• Counseling
• Therapy
• Cultural Conflict
• conflict

[hajqbvii]

Very enlightening....there probably won't be too many comments on this page.....this happens a lot among Samoan families.

I just read Samoan Observer online....that a mother of 3 and 6 mos. pregnant, was beaten into a coma by her husband....she was only 23 yrs. old...

Sia doesn't want to be like her mother, but she is already......she took the beating!

[piccom1]

@hajqbvii Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this film.

[LoveCherishLove]

abuse is not a samoan legacy - and living in the western culture should not mean that it is encouraged. she is right to fight against it - but you cannot blame the samoan culture for violence, these are problems that many families face. in the samoan culture it is a brothers duty to protect and take care of his sister 'o le ioimata o le tama o lona tuafafine' .