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Ngati (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Barry Barclay

Written By:
Tama Poata

Actors:
Tuta Ngarimu Tamati ..... Uncle Eru
Iranui Haig ..... Nanna Huia
Tawai Moana ..... Nanna Ngaropi
Michael Tibble ..... Tione
Oliver Jones ..... Ropata
Wi Kuki Kaa ..... Iwi
Ross Girven ..... Greg Shaw
Judy McIntosh ..... Jenny Bennett
Alice Fraser ..... Sam Bennett
Norman Fletcher ..... Dr. Paul Bennett
Paki Cherrington ..... Mac
Kiri McCorkindale ..... Sue
Ken Blackburn ..... Auctioneer

Synopsis:

In 1947 a recently graduated doctor (Greg) is visiting an East Coast Maori settlement in which his doctor father use to practice. He learns that his late mother was a local Maori. The local schoolteacher, whose father was formerly in practice with Greg's father, introduces Greg to the community, and he gradually loses his smugness and somewhat racist attitudes. The community is threatened by the closure of the local freezing works, but the local manager proposes the community buy the works. The death of a leukemia inflected child results in a funeral conducted by the Tohunga which helps bring the community together. The was the first NZ feature made principally by Maori and used more non-actors than professionals. Wonderful photography and music.

A young Australian man arrives in a small New Zealand seaside town which is the spiritual home of local iwi. He's to meet family friends who know more about him than he knows about himself. He will also meet his daughter, and their relationship at first will be stormy. He will meet a taciturn Maori whose 12-year old son is mysteriously ill. And he will learn about a public crisis which threatens the survival of the town. The young man watches the closeknit community come together to deal with theses upheavals. Then suddenly everything becomes personal. He makes a discovery about himself that change the rest of his life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 November, 2013.