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    Leitis in Waiting

    Hinaleimoana WONG-KALU, Dean HAMER & Joe WILSON 2018 Tonga, USA Documentary color 72min DCP
    ★ 2018 San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    ★ 2018 Hawaii International Film Festival

    Leitis in Waiting is a raw yet tender portrait 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.

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    Hinaleimoana WONG-KALU, Dean HAMER & Joe WILSON

    WONG-KALU is a story teller and one of the first transgender candidates for statewide political office in the United States. Emmy Award winning filmmakers HAMER formed Qwaves with partner WILSON to make documentaries.

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    Hinaleimoana WONG-KALU, Dean HAMER & Joe WILSON

    *Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson’s filmography
    2018 Leitis in Waiting
    2015 A Place in the Middle
    2014 Kumu Hina
    2011 Out in the Silence
    2010 Boy in a Dress
    2008 Thorn in Your Side
    2006 The Preacher and the Poet
    2006 Otros Amores
    2006 We Belong
    2006 Joy Ride
    2005 Favela Surf Dreams

    2005 That’s Unfortunate
    1999 Independent Lens

    Directors: Hinaleimoana WONG-KALU, Dean HAMER & Joe WILSON
    Producers: Hinaleimoana WONG-KALU, Dean HAMER, Joe WILSON & Ilaisaane Sisi’uno Helu
    Editor: Bill Weber

    Dean HAMER, Joe WILSON

    deanhamer@aol.com, Qwavesjoe@yahoo.com

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