Pasifika youth

It follows a troupe of Pasifika youth who go about their lives, stricken by Covid-19 and consecutive lockdowns.

Brown Paper Bag is the name of a supermarket which connects the characters, in a conundrum of Polyfest identity struggles, social media wars, family tragedies and deep-seated personal battles.

18-year-old Izzy Cerei is fresh out of high school and a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

They're playing transgender character Ruby, who lives in the shadow of twin brother Ese.

Better known as the Mitre 10 Mega man, Levi Vaoga spent a decade pulling trucks and flipping tractor tyres for the hardware franchise promoting the message "big is good."

But as the New Zealand-born Cook Islands filmmaker Jamie Aureka Maoate Dunn discovers in "The Life I've Lived," there is more to Levi Vaoga than meets the eye.

Levi Vaoga's journey from farmhand to competitor in eleven world strongman tournaments is an honest first-hand account and Jamie Dunn hopes it strikes a chord with young people.

"It feels like I'm in politics right now," he laughs.

The superstar athlete yesterday shared some of the struggles he faced as a young Pasifika sportsman coming through the ranks - and what other Pacific youth could learn from those experiences.