Waru (2017)

7.1/10 • 88 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Tanea Heke

Charm

Roimata Fox

Anahera

Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

Em

Maria Walker

Kiritapu

Kararaina Rangihau

Ranui

Antonio Te Maioha

Tapu

Miriama McDowell

Bash

Amber Curreen

Titty

Cohen Holloway

Pierre

Tom Sainsbury

Jason

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