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Mahana is a 2016 New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and written by John Collee, based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. It was released as The Patriarch outside New Zealand.
Dec 1, 2015 · Buy now: http://www.eonehub.com.au/mahana/ 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Maori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial...
- 2 min
- 181.3K
- eOne ANZ
Based on Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha, set on the East Coast in the 1960s, the truth behind a bitter feud between two Māori families comes to light.
Mar 3, 2016 · The Patriarch: Directed by Lee Tamahori. With Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty. From the author of "The Whale Rider", a tale of family rivalry and reconciliation, set against the stunning backdrop of rural New Zealand in the 1960s.
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- Drama
- Lee Tamahori
- 2016-03-03
Mahana - Inspired by Witi Ihimaera book Bulibasha, director Lee Tamahori made his first film on local soil since 1994's Once Were Warriors. Temuera Morrison plays a 50s era patriarch who leads his whanāu in a bitter rivalry with another shearing family.
Synopsis: 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana.
Dec 7, 2016 · Mahana is the story of a powerful rivalry between two Maori families who make their living as shearers around Gisborne, on the east coast of the north island, in the early 1960s. In the history of Maori films, it is a landmark – it succeeds as an engrossing narrative on a grand scale about quotidian lives.
