“Next Goal Wins” director Taika Waititi and Jaiyah Saelua, the transgender soccer star who inspired the film’s main character, discuss their movie based on the true story of an American Samoa soccer ...

Looking at a map, it’s easy to understand why the National Park of American Samoa gets relatively few visitors, but seeing images, it no longer makes sense. How could this breathtaking place not top ...

At its best, international football is an anthropological experience. It’s a marriage of ethnicities and cultures on a field populated by humans moulded on the land they represent, celebrating all ...

HONOLULU (AP) — In a decision citing American Samoa cultural traditions, those born in the U.S. territory shouldn’t have citizenship automatically forced on them, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday ...

Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ introduces audiences to American Samoan culture, including its third-gender fa’afafine community Presley Ann/Getty; Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Courtesy of Searchlight ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Samoan Heritage Week festivities are underway in Hawaii. To celebrate, the Honolulu office of the American Samoan Government is hosting a week-long program, including a ...

Seeing herself portrayed in a Hollywood movie was an experience Jaiyah Saelua won’t soon forget, but she’s more struck by the way “Next Goal Wins” portrays the American Samoan fa’afafine ...

Taika Waititi’s quirky sense of humor isn’t for everyone. The New Zealand filmmaker repeatedly punched the podium microphone during his introduction of “Next Goal Wins” at its Toronto International ...

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Archaeology in Samoa -- setting the stage -- The outline of a first prehistoric sequence -- Background -- The Natural environment -- Accounts of early survey and ...