Maori Movies

  • 2017
    Beyond The Battalion

    Beyond The Battalion

    Beyond The Battalion

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    Beyond The Battalion tells the story of the 28th Māori Battalion. It revisits two earlier films, including one on the 1977 pilgrimage of the...

    Beyond The Battalion
  • 2009
    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

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    Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

    Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore
  • 1935
    Hei Tiki

    Hei Tiki

    Hei Tiki

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    Hei Tiki, also known as Primitive Passions and Hei Tiki: A Saga of the Maoris, is a 1935 American mock-documentary film made in New Zealand by the...

    Hei Tiki
  • 2019
    Take

    Take

    Take

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    TAKE (te reo Maori: issue, promise, challenge) weaves mana wahine (female knowledge), dance and archival materials to retell the story of the removal...

    Take
  • 2015
    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema

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    Two decades on from Cinema of Unease, Tim Wong’s essay film contemplates the prevailing image of a national cinema while privileging some of...

    Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema
  • 2019
    Ka mua ka muri

    Ka mua ka muri

    Ka mua ka muri

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    Ka mua ka muri
  • 1987
    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!

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    In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by...

    Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
  • 1984
    Te Rerenga Wairua

    Te Rerenga Wairua

    Te Rerenga Wairua

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    The spirit of a person killed in a motorway accident runs through forest and beaches on its journey to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Rēinga). En route...

    Te Rerenga Wairua