Sons from Afar

January. 01,2011      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

New Zealand hip-hop artist Che Fu and his father Tigi Ness travel to their island homeland Niue for the first time to unravel the shared histories. There they also wow the locals with a performance at the Niue Arts and Cultural Festival.

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Reviews

Grimerlana
2011/01/01

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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Actuakers
2011/01/02

One of my all time favorites.

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InformationRap
2011/01/03

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Kaydan Christian
2011/01/04

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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