Waru

Name: Waru
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-10-19
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Tanea Heke, Roimata Fox, Ngapaki Moetara, Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

2017 · 1h 28m · Drama · New Zealand · Rated M (NZ)

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

Directed by

Briar Grace Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Paula Whetu Jones

Written by

Briar Grace Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Paula Whetu Jones

Starring

Tanea Heke, Roimata Fox, Ngapaki Moetara, Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

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