Origins - Festival of First Nations
New Zealand Shorts – Land and Memory - (9 May – Birkbeck, University of London 12.30 noon)
Includes:
Tama Tu
A highly atmospheric evocation of the Maori battalion's Italian campaign.
An ideal companion piece to Strange Resting Places!
- 17 minutes
- Director: Taika Waititi. New Zealand 2004
Turangawaewae
"Turangawaewae" is Maori for "a place to stand". In this evocative film,
a Maori veteran of Vietnam returns to his ancestral land.
- 13 minutes
- Director: Peter Burger. New Zealand 2002
Pikowae
A road movie with a difference. Driving towards a rendezvous, two young men encounter a mysterious Elder.
- 14 minutes
- Director: Vanessa Rane. New Zealand 2002
Te Ao Kapurangi
Set against a war between different Maori tribes, and filmed in the Maori language,
this short sets a cunning warrior woman against a seemingly triumphant adversary.
- 8 minutes
- Director: Tama Poata. New Zealand 2001
Venue 5: Cinema at Birkbeck, University of London, 43, Gordon Square, London WC1.
Screenings at Birkbeck are free, but places can be reserved.
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