Leitis in Waiting (2018)
1h 12m
Running Time
April 16, 2018Release Date
Leitis in Waiting (2018)
1h 12m
Running Time
April 16, 2018Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Joey Joleen Mataele
Self
Eva Baron
Self
Princess Salote Lupepau'u
Herself
Pastor Barry Taukolo
Himself
Anga Fakatonga
Music Supervisor
Ioannis Mallidas
Additional Camera
Dean Hamer
Director
Ilaisaane Sisi'uno Helu
Translator / Producer
Joe Wilson
Director
Lisiatte Wolfgramm
Translator
Gary Coates
Color Grading
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Director
EZ Taufahema
Additional Camera
Sisi'uno Helu
Producer
Philip Perkins
Sound Designer / Sound Mixer
Jason Suapaia
Thanks
Jonathan Gann
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Joel Douek
Composer
Lisa Lessing
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Robin Lung
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Laura Moire Paglin
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Rich Behr
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Bill Weber
Editor
Doug Block
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Liberty Peralta
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Nicolas Sabourin
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John Badalu
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Art Lessing
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Jo Chang
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Paul DeSante
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Sophie Cowen
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Leo Hoponoa
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Judy Knutsen
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Nancy Aleck
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Yihan Cao
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John Koyacic
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Mary Hope DeSante
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Erica Ginsberg
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Keola Kaleimamahu
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Ciara Lacy
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Emma Behr
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Lisa Kaleimamahu
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Elizabeth J. Rago
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Katherine Vaha'akolo
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Sam Behr
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Mei-Li Cope
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Nathan Fitch
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Brad Kaiwi Lum
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Dawn Kahalaomapuana Wasson
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David Weissman
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Diane Wilson
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Zhiyan Yin
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Topui Veitatalo
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Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
tonga
indigenous lgbt
pacific islanders
Wiki.
Leitis In Waiting is a 2018 feature-length documentary about transgender rights in Tonga. It was produced and directed by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu. The filmmakers previously explored trans rights in the Pacific in their films Kumu Hina and A Place in the Middle.