Red, White, & Brass

[ironymaiden]

Absolutely adorable crowd-pleaser about Tongan New Zealanders forming a brass band in order to get tickets to the Tonga vs France game in the 2011 rugby world cup. Very funny underdog story full of New Zealand humor, completely centered on people of color. as always I'm sure there were plenty of things that went over my head as a white American but family is universal. (I was feeling the spirit of my grandmother as our hero's mom shamed a gang into doing her bidding.) it was in theaters in NZ and AUS a while ago, hope it becomes available here, it's such a pick-me-up