There’s a certain kind of film that doesn’t just show its heart but wears it so openly that you can feel the pulse between the frames. Tinā, the hugely impressive directorial debut of writer/director Miki Magasiva, is one such film. It is a story of loss, faith, music, and cultural identity that lingers not because it reinvents the coming-of-age or underdog formula, but because of how fiercely it believes in what it’s doing. Messy in moments but quietly profound in others, Tinā is an earnest, deeply moving, and emotionally...