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Crooked Earth

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62
Crooked Earth
NR Drama
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Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
StarringTemuera MorrisonJaime Passier-ArmstrongLawrence Makoare
DirectorSam Pillsbury
WritersWaihoroi ShortlandGreg McGeeKarin Altmann

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Peter Beilby, Ernst Goldschmidt, Henri Dorlet
Production Companies:Communicado Productions, Pandora, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air
Movie Tags:
new zealandmaori