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
Herself
Eva Baron
Herself
Princess Salote Lupepau'u
Herself
Pastor Barry Taukolo
Himself
Joe Wilson
Director / Additional Camera
Dean Hamer
Director / Director of Photography
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Director / Producer
Dawn Kahalaomapuana Wasson
Thanks
Bill Weber
Editor
EZ Taufahema
Additional Camera
Rich Behr
Thanks
Nathan Fitch
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Jo Chang
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Ilaisaane Sisi'uno Helu
Producer / Translator
Philip Perkins
Sound Designer / Sound Mixer
Nancy Aleck
Thanks
Sisi'uno Helu
Producer
Yihan Cao
Thanks
Sophie Cowen
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Jason Suapaia
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Mary Hope DeSante
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Paul DeSante
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Judy Knutsen
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Art Lessing
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Jonathan Gann
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Robin Lung
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Laura Moire Paglin
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Gary Coates
Color Grading
Erica Ginsberg
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Keola Kaleimamahu
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John Koyacic
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Liberty Peralta
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Katherine Vaha'akolo
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Anga Fakatonga
Music Supervisor
Lisa Lessing
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Leo Hoponoa
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Ciara Lacy
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Elizabeth J. Rago
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Zhiyan Yin
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Ioannis Mallidas
Additional Camera
John Badalu
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Nicolas Sabourin
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Diane Wilson
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Joel Douek
Original Music Composer
Lisiatte Wolfgramm
Translator
Sam Behr
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Mei-Li Cope
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Brad Kaiwi Lum
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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.