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Leitis In Waiting

& Lady Eva



A feature documentary and short film about an intrepid group of transgender
women rising to reclaim their righteous place in a South Pacific Kingdom.

Watch Leitis In Waiting Now!
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Select Press:

'BEST DOCUMENTARY' Nominee
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"a rare opportunity to get to know an under-explored subject from the inside."
- Eye for Film
"Leitis In Waiting is a true gift to the world - mesmerizing and unflinching"
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Jeannette Hereniko
President, Network for the Promotion of Asian Pacific Cinema


Meet Joey

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Joey 'Jolene' Mataele is a leader in the LGBTQI and human rights movements in the Pacific.

​She cofounded and currently chairs the Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network, is the Pacific Island Representative for the International Gay and Lesbian Association, and Chairperson of the South Pacific MSM Network Group. She co-founded the Tonga Leitiʻs Association in 1992, and developed the Miss Galaxy Pageant as an annual event to support it.

​Joey is also a talented singer and entertainer who understands the importance of oral tradition and the role of song, humour and dance in Pacific cultures.
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Leitis in Waiting

​Directed by
Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson
Run time: 70 min
Pre-Book: AVAILABLE NOW
Street: 1/13/20
SRP: $24.95
CAT#: 
PRDVD4357
UPC: 888295793629
Genres: Documentary, LGBT

Synopsis: The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their South Pacific Kingdom.
Long Synopsis: 
The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their South Pacific Kingdom.

The film follows Joey, a devout Catholic of noble descent, as she organizes an exuberant beauty pageant presided over by a princess, provides shelter and training for a young contestant rejected by her family, and spars with American-financed evangelicals threatening to resurrect colonial-era laws that criminalize the leitis' lives. With unexpected humor and extraordinary access to the Kingdom's royals and religious leaders, Joeyʻs emotional journey reveals what it means to be different in a society ruled by tradition, and what it takes to be accepted without forsaking culture and tradition.

Leitis in Waiting is an inside story, created by a Polynesian transgender woman who once competed, and won the crown in, Joey's beauty pageant.

PRINCESS SALOTE LUPEPAU'U TUITA-TAIONE

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