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Crooked earth / Pandora presents ; a Communicado production ; in association with the New Zealand Film Commission ; and New Zealand On Air ; a Sam Pillsbury film ; written by Greg McGee, Waihoroi Shortland ; producer, Robin Scholes directed by Sam Pillsbury.

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Set in fictional Raukura, Will Bastion returns home for his first visit in 18 years, just in time to bury his father and to take on the role of chief of his people, the Ngati Kaipuku. Will is initially reluctant to take on the leadership responsibilities. His uncertainty is exploited by his firebran...

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Corporate Authors: New Zealand Film Commission, Communicado (Firm), NZ On Air, Crooked Earth Productions, Pandora Film (Firm), University of Colorado Libraries. Media Duplication and Conversion Services
Other Authors: Scholes, Robin (Producer), Pillsbury, Sam (Director, Producer), McGee, Greg, 1950- (Screenwriter), Shortland, Te Waihoroi (Screenwriter), Morrison, Temuera (Actor), Makoare, Lawrence, 1968- (Actor), Hita, Quinton (Actor), Brunning, Nancy (Actor), Jackson, Sydney (Actor), Gribble, David (director of photography.), Hall, James (Composer)
Other title:Crooked earth (Motion picture)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Maori
Published: [New Zealand] : Communicado, ©2000.
Subjects:
Māori (New Zealand people) > Land tenure > Drama.
Māori (New Zealand people) > Government relations > Drama.
Māori (New Zealand people) > Ethnic identity > Drama.
Brothers > Drama.
Race relations > Drama.
Feature films.
Social problem films.
Action and adventure films.
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Summary:Set in fictional Raukura, Will Bastion returns home for his first visit in 18 years, just in time to bury his father and to take on the role of chief of his people, the Ngati Kaipuku. Will is initially reluctant to take on the leadership responsibilities. His uncertainty is exploited by his firebrand brother, Kahu, who heads a gang determined to make the Ngati Kaipuku completely independent of the Pakeha, supported by income from the marijuana they grow in the hills around Raukura. Kahu directly challenges Will's right to be chief, unleashing a sequence of events that will change the Ngati Kapuku's destiny forever.
Item Description:Reproduced Jan. 22, 2015 with permission.
Physical Description:1 DVD-R (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits:Director of photography, David Gribble ; editor, Chris Plummer ; music, James Hall.
Access:Available only to faculty, staff, and students of CU Boulder and Interlibrary Loan partner libraries.
Participant or Performer:Temuera Morrison, Lawrence Makoare, Jaime Passier-Armstrong, Quinton Hita, Nancy Brunning, Sydney Jackson.
Language:In English with some Maori.

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