Māori
Overview
This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headlines over claims that its portrayal of Māori had been sanitised for overseas viewers. Debate and a recut ensued. Writer Witi Ihimaera felt that mentions of contentious issues (Bastion Point, the land march) in his original script were ignored or elided in the final film, and withdrew from the project. He later told journalists that the controversy showed that educated members of minority groups were no longer prepared to let the majority interpret the minority view.
Release date
25/07/1981
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Original Soundtrack
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Memories of Earth
People of the Potlatch
Four Shorts on Architecture
An Angel at My Table
Flare - A Ski Trip
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
The Navajos: Children of the Gods
A Living Hell: Apartment Disasters
Someone Else's Country
In a Land of Plenty
Beyond Conversion
No Māori Allowed
Indian Rights for Indian Women
Box of Treasures
From Bella Coola to Berlin
Trick or Treaty?
Niue: This Is Your Land
Blown Away
Gitigaan: Spotted Earth