Mauri (film)

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Mauri
Directed by Merata Mita
Written byMerata Mita
Produced byMerata Mita
Starring Anzac Wallace
Eva Rickard
James Heyward
CinematographyGraeme Cowley
Edited byNicholas Beauman
Music byHirini Melbourne
Production
company
Awatea Films
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
101 min.
Country New Zealand
Languages Māori
English

Mauri is a 1988 New Zealand film directed by Merata Mita. [1] [2] It is a significant work of indigenous filmmaking, and of New Zealand filmmaking in general. [3]

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Synopsis

A woman lives in a basic dwelling with fire in the hearth where she cooks. We get an insight in the family in this saga, where troubles are met with kindness, except by the British or those that have gone across to their side. [2] [3]

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