TE TANGATA WHAI RAWA O WENETI / THE MĀORI MERCHANT OF VENICE

Year: 2001
Reference: F83103
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 2001
Reference: F83103
Media type: Moving image

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Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Feature
Duration: 02:37:00
Broadcast Date: 07/11/2004
Production company: He Taonga Films
Taonga Māori Collection: Yes
Credits: Director: Don Charles Selwyn
Executive Producer: Don Charles Selwyn
Producer: Ruth Kaupua Panapa
Associate Producer: Robert Mahuta
Associate Producer: Selwyn Muru
Director of Photography: Davorin Fahn
Production Designer: Guy Moana
Musical Director: Clive Cockburn
Editor: Bella Erikson
Costume Designer: Gavin McLean
Cast: Waihoroi Shortland (Ngā Puhi - Ngāti Hineamaru)
Cast: Ngarimu Daniels
Cast: Te Rangihau Gilbert
Cast: Scottie Morrison
Cast: Veeshayne Armstrong
Cast: Sonny Kirikiri
Cast: Te Kauhoe Wano
Cast: Wharehoka Wano (Te Āti Awa; Ngāti Awa; Taranaki (Aotea))
Roreneto: Te Arepa Kahi
Renato: Ngatai Rangihau
Pirinha O Morako: Lawrence Makoare
Cast: Samson Pehi
Ranaharoto: Mana Epiha
Cast: Eru Potaka Dewes
Tiehika: Reikura Morgan
Tupara: Andy Sarich
Weniti: Joe Naden
Cast: Tamati Rice
Singer: Ardre Foote
Pohia: Whare Ta Tao King
Cast: Pumi Tumai (Ngā Iwi o Tainui)
Pononga O Patanio: Eruera Morgan (Te Arawa)
Fundng: New Zealand Film Commission
Based On The Play: William Shakespeare

I te tau 1945 i whakamāoritia te whakaari o Merchant of Venice na Wiremu Taiahaharuru e Tākuta Pei Te Hurinui Jones. I te tau 1990 i tōhungia tēnei whakaari e Don Selwyn i roto i te whare karakia o Tātai Hono i Tāmaki Makaurau. Nā ka taea ki te tau 2001 kei tōhua a Selwyn anō tēnei kiriata ā taua whakaari ka puta ki ngā papa kiriata o te Ao.

“The Māori take on Shakespeare's ‘pound of flesh’ drama is a story of deep-seated social and religious prejudice, in which the Jew (Shylock) has a long memory of oppression, but revenge is not so sweet.
THE MĀORI MERCHANT OF VENICE tells Shakespeare’s story of conflict between Antonio, a Christian merchant, and Shylock, a Jewish moneylender and the resolution provided by a strong woman, Portia.” - New Zealand Film Commission.