Coffee and Allah
When a cup of coffee is a gift from Allah.
Sima Urale
Shuchi Kothari
Casts & Crew
Zahara Abbawaaji
Joe Folau
John Mellor
Shailesh Prajapati
Sapna Samant
Jared Turner
Kristy Robertson
Fatima Ali
Sara Abbawaaji
Zeenat Mohammad
Angela Da Silva
Jochen Fitzherbert
Amy Friedman
Zelda Ladefoged
Sunil Narshai
Also Directed by Sima Urale
Celebrity Chef Anita hasn't seen her family for twenty years. That is until her son Michael decides to do some soul searching and track down his aunt.
Shot in black and white and filmed in the Samoan language, Sima Urale's debut short film was the first film by a Samoan woman director. O Tamaiti is the story of a young boy forced to play parent in devastating circumstances. According to NZ On Screen, "O Tamaiti marked a powerful debut, winning an impressive trolley of awards, including best short at the Venice Film Festival, Best NZ Short, and another at the Chicago Film Festival".
A husband struggles to care for his ailing wife and refuses their children's demands that they move into care.
In 2011 the startling news broke around New Zealand that Sharon Armstrong, a middle-aged grandmother and public servant who worked for the Maori Language Commission had been arrested in Argentina with 5kg of cocaine in her suitcase.