Paul Oremland
Paul Oremland talks to Queerguru about MYSTERIOUS WAYS a heart-pulling love story between a NZ Priest and his Samoan BF
During almost three decades in London queer NZ filmmaker PAUL OREMLAND worked mainly on documentaries and a couple of feature films , one of which was LIKE IT IS a gritty queer boxing story that was one of Queerguru’s fave films of 1998. When he first arrived back in NZ he treated us…
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews MYSTERIOUS WAYS a rare queer NZ/Samoan love story
DO NOT MAKE UGLY SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Reverend Petter Simmons is an Anglican Vicar advocating for change at St. John´s Church in a small town in New Zealand . He is a widower, has a teenage daughter but is now in love with Samoan Jason, who served 8 years in prison and is the actual…
Mysterious Ways : a groundbreaking New Zealand Pacific queer love story coming to our screens in 2024
To our (extensive) knowledge Mysterious Ways is the first New Zealand Pacific queer film we have ever seen. It’s an interracial love story of Peter, a vicar who wants a church wedding with his boyfriend Jason, who is Samoan. For Anglicans, this is not allowed, and homosexuality itself is still very taboo in Samoan…
