REVIEW: Samoan author and poet’s struggle with mental health is focus of new documentary

REVIEW: Samoan author and poet’s struggle with mental health is focus of new documentary

Photo: Before the Moon Falls Gladys Hartson | Senior Journalist A new documentary chronicling the last nine years of murder-accused Samoan poet and author Sia Figiel makes for confronting viewing on many levels, says reporter Gladys Hartson. When my colleague emailed through the trailer for the documentary Before The Moon Falls, about troubled Samoan poet and author Papali’i Sia Figiel, I was intrigued.  The world premiere was…