Writer
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships are blamed upon Tama (as he is named), he is finally outcast to live with the poorest people on the island, Mahana and her drunken father. Mahana is considered homely and undesirable, but Tama feels differently, so when he is old enough to build a craft to sail away, he vows to return for her one day. A lucky stroke brings him to land upon the island of the legendary Johnny Lingo, the wealthiest trader in the islands, and after years of service to him, Tama has learned much about life and himself as he dreams of honoring his pledge to Mahana.
Screenplay
After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably involved in events involving both Maori legend and an Albatross.
Screenplay
결혼한 지 18년이 된 베스(Beth Heke: 레나 오웬 분)와 제이크(Jake Heke: 테무에라 모리슨 분)에게 사랑이란 운명처럼 저항할 수 없는 것이었다. 호전적인 성격과 탄탄한 근육에서 쏟아져 나오는 정열을 가진 제이크는 아내 베스에게 세상 그 무엇보다도 소중하고 사랑스런 남편이었다. 세월이 흘러 뜨거운 사랑으로 맺어진 이들은 이제 어엿한 다섯 아이의 부모가 되어 있다. 그러나 베스에게 삶이란 생존의 의미로 다가서고 현실은 그녀의 영혼을 날카롭게 할퀴며 파고 든다. 백인 우위의 사회에서 하층계급으로 전락하여 빈곤에 허덕이는 마오리족의 운명을 타고난 베스에게 '희망'이란 사치스런 단어에 불과하다. 제이크의 실직과 도박, 음주 그리고 야수적인 폭력이 베스의 영혼을 좀먹기 시작한다. 그럼에도 불구하고 그녀는 가정이라는 테두리를 지키기 위해 자신에게 던져진 현실을 외면하려 애쓴다. 그러나 그러한 노력은 오히려 그녀를 파멸의 길로 이끌 뿐이다. 현실의 암울함에 미래를 포기한 큰 아들 닉(Nig Heke: 줄리안 아라한가 분)은 갱단에 가입하고, 둘째 아들 부기(Boogie Heke: 타운가로아 에밀 분)는 소년원으로 보내진다.
Writer
Roimata, a young Maori woman from the East Coast, travels to the city to meet her half-sister Girlie. Introduced to gang members, the scene is set for a major confrontation when Kevin, a young Salvation Army Officer, arrives. Part of the E Tipu Te Rea series.
Director
Roimata, a young Maori woman from the East Coast, travels to the city to meet her half-sister Girlie. Introduced to gang members, the scene is set for a major confrontation when Kevin, a young Salvation Army Officer, arrives. Part of the E Tipu Te Rea series.
Mary
Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from drug dealers, whom he had crossed. Various mini-adventures occurs as they make their way down the North Island, but it all comes to a head while visiting a cousin. Finally, they, the drug dealers and the police all come together, with the expected fights and arrests.
