Cinéma
Maori Shorts (Program 2)
Tuesday, August 15 - 6 pm
Cinéma du Musée
Maori Shorts (Program 2)
Films:
HE KARU HE TARINGA
Tahuaroa Ohia,
Fiction, 13 min, Aotearoa NZ, English
To six-year-old Ben, the world is full of loud noises and frightening images. As Ben struggles with everyday life, his mother searches desperately to find a way to help her son.
THE VOYAGER’S LEGACY
Bailey Poching
Fiction, 10 min 22, Aotearoa NZ, English
During the Dawn Raids, the three youngest children of a Samoan family reimagine the world as a place of fairy tales, swords and sorcery. (The Dawn Raids of 1974-76 represent the period when colonial New Zealand police could enter homes or stop people in the street to ask for permits, visas, passports. This brutal measure was applied almost exclusively to Pacific islanders.)
THE RETRIEVAL
Aree Kapa
Fiction, 13 min 25, Aotearoa NZ, English
If it’s already yours, it’s not stealing, right? A young man is faced with the decision of whether to risk the most important thing in his life to fulfil a promise to his elders.
RUARANGI
Oriwa Hakaraia
Fiction, 10 min 34, Aotearoa NZ, English
1890: Ruarangi, a young Māori fleeing his father’s home, finds himself the captive of a large ship bound for England. On arrival, he is sold to become part of a collection of exotic artifacts.
STREET LIGHTS
Te Mahara Tamehana
Fiction, 16 min 34, Aotearoa NZ, English
For a broken whānau (extended family), one night could be all it to takes to find redemption, forgiveness and love between three generations.
AIKĀNE
Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Animation, 13 min 54, USA, English
“By interlacing elements of Hawaiian moolelo (traditional narrative) with myths, legends, and histories of other cultures, this animated film weaves a fresh narrative in which our island traditions form the foundation for a more welcoming and inclusive future.”
