Tatau

Running time: 16 mins

Siaki, an elderly Samoan man struggles to come to terms with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo when he is confronted with the shame of his sight. As Siaki's vision deteriorates, memories of the painful tattooing ceremony he underwent in his youth haunt him as he yearns to see his tattoo completed before it's too late. Part of Shorts Program 8: Student Shorts