In the touching new documentary A Boy Called Piano, playwright and musician Fa’amoana John Luafutu shares his story of coming to New Zealand from Samoa as a child in the 1950s, only to be taken from his family and made a state ward at age 12.
Directed by Nina Nawalowalo, the film sees Luafutu embrace his voice as a storyteller and trace his journey through state care, gang membership and prison — and examine the way these experiences rippled through to his children.
A Boy Called Piano is screening as part of the NZ International Film Festival. Head over here for more information.
