{"id":26252,"date":"2023-02-16T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T01:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/?p=26252"},"modified":"2024-12-03T11:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:57:55","slug":"inside-the-doc-a-boy-called-piano-que-la-verite-nous-libere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifotahiti.com\/en\/inside-the-doc-a-boy-called-piano-que-la-verite-nous-libere\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the doc: A boy called Piano: \u00abTruth will set us free\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu and his son Matthias Luafutu are the protagonists of the documentary, <\/strong><\/em>A boy called Piano<\/strong>, directed by Nina Nawalowalo, in competition at FIFO. The entire film crew is present in Tahiti, coming to meet the public and the inmates of Tahiti, telling their story.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some piano notes, bubbles of air, dark water, a child immersed in the sea surround his knees with his arms. One would think a baby in its mother\u2019s womb. \u00abInnocence. We all start out in innocence,\u00bb says Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu. The piano was his mother\u2019s first love. After she got pregnant, she stopped playing and calls her son \u00abPiano,\u00bb her second love. The whole family leaves the Samoan Islands for New Zealand, hoping for a better life for their children, dreaming that they will become doctors, lawyers\u2026 But here Fa\u2019amoana doesn\u2019t speak English and he gets lost in this school where he is mocked. They even take away his name, preferring to call him John, easier to pronounce. So the child goes to the bush school. It\u2019s better to be in the park. Arrested by the police, he is taken to the children\u2019s court and placed in a rehabilitation home. Thus begins the hell\u2026 At 13 years old, he ends up at Kohitere home. \u00ab I learned a lot about things that weren\u2019t very pleasant,\u00bb he recounts as he returns to the scene, 48 years later. It\u2019s really very strange to be there. Many of the guys with me at that time are dead. \u00ab The children are mistreated there, locked in the isolation ward, a cell of a few meters with a bucket, at the slightest deviation. \u00bb The lights and shadows at the window indicated the times of the day. Those who leave this place usually end up in prison a few years later. Gangs, violence\u2026 \u00ab We leave these shelters angry. I was filled with hatred. It just gave me tons of pent-up anger. You become a burned out person. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While in prison, he came across a book by Albert Wendt, a Samoan poet and writer: Sounds for the Return Home<\/em>. It\u2019s an electroshock. He starts to correspond with the writer who encourages him to write his own story. With this book, A boy named Broke<\/em>, Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu tries to understand his life. Especially since his eldest son follows in his footsteps: prison. At the time, many have the same story: the father who went to a rehabilitation center and the son who goes to prison. Matthias Luafutu is saved by comedy. He does theater in prison and becomes an actor. The two men rise again, one thanks to writing and music, and the other thanks to theater and cinema. \u00abIt\u2019s only now that I can look at my past,\u00bb explains Matthias. \u00abI know what it means to stand up not only for the future but also for the past.\u00bb The two protagonists of this impressive documentary are present at the FIFO in Tahiti and spoke about their story to the general public as well as to the detention centers of Nuutania and Tatutu. \u201cYesterday we went to the Tahiti prison; we wanted to show the film to the inmates. I saw a guy, the same age as me, and his son, both in prison, they were crying. It was moving to see these tough guys cry because they identified with our family. I advised them to write their story, to look at the present and to do something positive for their family. It is an honor to bring this film to prisons to encourage social change,\u201d says Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, through their testimony, the two men are fighting against \u00abthis industry\u00bb: \u00abThe government wants more concrete, more prisons, but we have to put an end to this industry because it is an industry!\u00bb Heard by the Royal Commission on Abuse in Childcare, we see Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu testify about the abuse and the whole country is trying to face its past. \u00abThis is really the story of many children in Polynesia, it\u2019s the reality of many people,\u00ab says Nina Nawalowalo, the director, who has worked with the Luafutu family for many years. Together, they wrote and performed a play, then a radio play before making a documentary that was presented this year in competition at FIFO. \u00bbI think it\u2019s very universal. It\u2019s interesting to see that in documentaries, whether in Canada, Finland, Australia, something is hidden but it exists.\u00ab The most important thing is to tell the truth, to acknowledge the impact of these things and that they are becoming a generational problem. We need to bring these things to the surface in order to try to heal them. Matthias Luafutu adds that indeed, this pain has been \u00bbinherited.\u00ab But it was enough of a single thing: \u201cMy father transformed his life and encouraged me to change mine. I did it early enough to save my son from the same path.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My children don\u2019t have the same difficulties; we\u2019re better off now. I feel blessed; I\u2019m very lucky to have a career in cinema and theater; it has transformed my life.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary ends with the words of Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu: \u00abThe story of thousands of children must be heard. We must face our history. Truth must set us free.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucie Rabr\u00e9aud \u2013 FIFO<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fa\u2019amoana John Luafutu et son fils Matthias Luafutu sont les protagonistes du documentaire, A boy called Piano, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Nina Nawalowalo, en comp\u00e9tition au FIFO. Toute l\u2019\u00e9quipe du film est pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 Tahiti, venue \u00e0 la rencontre du public et des d\u00e9tenus de Tahiti, raconter leur histoire. 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