Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Gravedigger of Kapu on the Web:Official Website
Cast & Crew
T
Te Rurehe Paki
Editor
L
Libby Hakaraia
Screenplay
L
Libby Hakaraia
Director
B
Brendan Bourke
Production Design
The Gravedigger of Kapu
"You can handle a shovel but can you handle the truth"Movie
DirectorLibby Hakaraia
16 minDrama
Plot
Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers He links the living with the dead He is the keeper of their secrets Tana is Hones apprentice who respects his uncle and doesnt mind the physical work However he finds the spiritual side of the job unnerving Hone worries that Tana may not be able to pick up the role of the gravedigger and all that it entails A series of incidents in the urupa graveyard lead them to both make final decisions
