Sons for the Return Home is a 1979 New Zealand film directed by Paul Maunder.
[1][2][3] The film is based on the 1973 book by Albert Wendt.
[4] A romance develops between Sione a Samoan and Sarah a white middle class New Zealander.
They each finds the other's culture hard to adjust to with Friends and family not being supportive, especially when she becomes pregnant.
[5] Uelese Petaia shared a Best Actor Award with Al Pacino at the 1980 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.