New Zealand-based Samoan actor, Oscar Kightley, is thankful that he finally got to visit Tutuila over the weekend.
He was here for a private showing of, “Next Goal Wins,” a movie about the American Samoa national soccer team’s redemption from its humiliating 31-0 loss to Australia in 2001.
Kightley, who also starred in “Sione’s Wedding,” and is the creator of a hit TV series Bro Town, plays Tavita Taomua, the Executive Director of the Football Federation of American Samoa.
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Also here for the private showing of Next Goal Wins on Saturday at the Nu’uuli Cinemas were award winning writer and director Taika Waititi and co-writer Iain Morris.
The film will hit theaters in November.
