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Like a Lady - The Fakaleitis of Tonga

Fakaleitis of Tonga rock on!

all over Tonga , Tonga

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Tags: tonga fakaleiti cross-gender gay straight southpacific peacecorps boys girls missgalaxypageant dragqueens island tolerance coronation self-esteem acceptance self-worth

Synopsis:

youtube trailer link in the media section.

Explore the history and understanding of the subculture of boys/men raised as girls in the Kingdom of Tonga. A Fakaleiti is born a male child who decides, or is chosen by his family, to dress and behave as a girl. Traditional believe says this occurs when a family may have only male children and deem it necessary to teach one of the boys cooking, cleaning, weaving, sewing – chores associated with a daughter – thus behaving as if a girl. Homosexuality is sometimes the motivation, but not always. Looked on with fascination and disdain, Fakaleitis are a unique, yet vital part of Tongan culture = Summer of ‘08 – Fakaleitis prepare for the new King’s Coronation and the 15th Miss Galaxy Pageant.

What makes Like a Lady - The Fakaleitis of Tonga different: (not yet completed)

bjfavorite (Mon Jun 08 '09)

Wednesday night, June 24th from 7 to 9pm – Unity in Chicago Church and PRISM (People Rooted in Spirit Mandala) will host a Gay Pride Month screening of the documentary demo short “Like a Lady: The Fakaleitis of Tonga”.
Film director and returned Peace Corps volunteer Brian Favorite will be present to discuss the making of his first documentary, and Carole Lanialoha Lee-Sundberg (Old Town School of Folk Music and Kupa’a) and friends will be performing traditional Polynesian folk music and dance. Light refreshments will be served.
The $12.00 ticket price helps support the finish of the film, PRISM and Kupa’a. Pretickets available by calling (773) 973-0007. Film contributions at www.indiegogo.com – search “Like a Lady”.

Malo ‘Aupito!

bjfavorite (Tue Apr 21 '09)
New poster in the media section woo woo!

bjfavorite (Mon Apr 13 '09)

The 21-minute demo trailer for “Like a Lady: The Fakaleitis of Tonga” has been selected by the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – at 9:15pm in a series of shorts called “Human Nature” at the new Downtown Independent Theater – 251 S. Main Street. Yippee Yahooo!

Here are the links to the festival and the theater:
http://www.vconline.org/festival/program.cfm?
program_id=46

http://www.downtownindependent.com

Thank you to all for your continued support!

bjfavorite (Tue Mar 17 '09)
Just got accepted to the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in May ’09! The 20 minute trailer will be in a collection of LGBT shorts. More to follow woo woo! YES!

bjfavorite (Tue Oct 14 '08)
Our best TRAILER yet! See it in the media section! running time: 10:32 and a real good idea of how the documentary will look.

Mdragonfly (Wed Oct 15 '08)

That was great!!! Good work brian makes me want to go back to the south pacific! Can't wait to see the finished product. Good luck let me know if you need a chef for any fund raising activities.

bjfavorite (Wed Jun 18 '08)

Hello Contributor Friends. As you can see I did not reach my goal of $4000 in 45 days but am very grateful for the amount raised. I please ask that you reinstate your generous gift and I will lower the goal to a more reasonable amount. Your funds will secure the video equipment for the shooting beginning July 15th in Tonga. Malo 'Aupito (thank you) again! Brian

KathleenPitts (Sat May 31 '08)

lITTLE RED PICTURES is touring the gay prides on the west coast. We are primering New Shortfilm Showcase . If you are interested email me .