Tree 2019
"One evening Alisi (17) climbs a huge tree and won’t come down. As night falls and we discover her secret, Alisi must decide whether to bow to cultural family traditions or find a new path - with or without her family"
Overview
One evening Alisi (17) climbs a huge tree and won't come down. As evening turns to night, her sanctuary becomes her prison - and her secret is out. Alisi is pregnant to her gay best friend, Mikaele (17), and it's all over Facebook. Mikaele finds Alisi, who blames him for being a blabbermouth, bringing shame to her Christian Pasifika family. Alisi tries to run away, but a search party of younger cousins turns up and texts her oldest brother Terence. Soon her whole familiy is camping out under th
Director: Lauren Jackson
Cast
Mile Fane
Alisi
Isaac Ah Kiong
Mikaele
Michael Koloi
Terence
Nastassia Wolfgramm
Maxine
Lyncia Muller
Mary
Laumanu Tala'atu Paseka
Ane
Duane Wichman-Evans Jnr
Kisone