Incarcerated by the German administration on a distant island, a Samoan Chief makes his daring escape by canoe. A leader of the Mau a Pule independence movement, his epic odyssey home to Samoa, becomes our odyssey too, as we traverse the post-colonial experience of identity, connection and emancipation. Tales of contemporary Samoans are borne of this narrative, and as we walk forward into the past, we uncover the intersecting lines of filial, culture and experience common to all.