Feature film — 1991
Te Rua (1991)
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.
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Director: Barry Barclay
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Cast & crew
Wi Kuki Kaa
Rewi
Peter Kaa
Peter Huaka
Nissie Herewini
Nanny Matai
Maria Fitzi
Hanna Lehmann
Donna Akersten
Fiona Gilbert
Walter Kreye
Dr. Sattler
Jürgen Thormann
Dieter Goetz
Carolyn Del Rosario
Teza
Vanessa Rare
Helen Marangai
Günter Meisner
Professor Biederstedt
Matiu Mareikura
Taki Ruru
Stuart Devenie
Hamish MacMillan
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