Pacific Heartbeat

Loimata, The Sweetest Tears

03/30/2022 | 56m 45s

Featuring the redemptive tale of waka builder and captain Lilo Ema Siope’s final years, "Loimata, The Sweetest Tears" is a chronicle of journeys – journeys of migration, spirituality, voyaging, healing and coming home. Confronting intergenerational trauma head on, the Siope family returns to their homeland of Sâmoa.

Aired: 03/30/22 | Expires: 10/17/22 | Rating: TV-PG

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Distributed nationally by American Public Television

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