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MANANUI

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Year
1995
Reference
F38147
Media type
Moving image
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Year
1995
Reference
F38147
Media type
Moving image
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Series
MANANUI
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:15:00
Broadcast Date
19/04/2009
Production company
James Wallace Productions
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
Cast: Cliff Curtis
Cast: George Henare
Cast: Lawrence Wharerau (Ngā Puhi)
Cast: Colin Welsh
Cast: Martyn Sanderson
Writer: Poata Eruera
Director: Poata Eruera
Producer: James Wallace
Co-Producer: Liz Di Fiore
Director of Photography: Rewa Harre
Sound Designer: Dick Reade
Designer: Miro Harre
Art Director: Guy Moana
Editor: Chris Plummer
Music: John Diamond
Funding: New Zealand Film Commission

On returning to his Marae, Mana finds conflict between traditional values and contemporary reality. He argues that more attention is being paid to honouring and burying the dead rather than caring for the living. A suicide brings matters to a head.

“Festival/Awards: 1996 - Hawaii International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.” - New Zealand Film Commission; www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/mananui; 11/03/2014.