Synopsis
 A young New Zealand Samoan girl’s commitment to a science project investigating worm farming creates misunderstandings that lead to an explosive conflict with her parent’s religious and cultural beliefs. Although the girl is given a severe beating she continues to secretly work on her project, winning an important science prize. Her parents proudly boast to their church minister about their daughter’s achievement, offering him her trophy as a donation to the church.
 
 Program Note
 Kasa lives in a slum in New Zealand. She is working on a project that shows how to use earthworms in processing wastes for a science fair at her school. Her father hits her because he finds earthworms she’s put under her bed; but she never gives up her research. It’s painful for her to endure poverty and oppression, but this kind of external pain cannot stop Kasa from embracing the challenges before her. Through stories of devastation vs. hope, oppression vs. challenge, and tradition vs. change, the director reveals the voice of Samoan immigrants in New Zealand which has seldom been heard. (Jay SOHN)