Success has its costs even when you are in the right
1991 1 hour 45 minutes
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.
20th July 1991
35 years ago
1 hour 45 minutes
Finishes at 11:09am
1 nomination
7/10
65%
68%
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