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55 Films to Buy match the keyword ‘Indigenous & Minority Cultures’
Convert, The (2024)
- A British lay preacher finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes in this vivid colonialist epic from dir. Lee Tamahori.
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Let the River Flow (2023)
- A superbly–crafted and moving indigenous rights drama about a young teacher whose repressed Sami heritage is awakened by a protest group who…
- DVD $29.95
Origin (2023)
- Written and directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma), this ambitious docu–drama chronicles the efforts of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist…
- DVD $29.95
Shayda (2023)
- This Australian drama filmed mostly in the Persian language is made something special by two magnetic actresses. Iranian émigré Zar Amir Ebrahimi…
- DVD $29.95
Uproar (2023)
- Set in Dunedin in 1981, a rugby–obsessed country is divided over the arrival of the South African Springboks team, sparking nationwide…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Saint Omer (2022)
- Inspired by real events, this devastating fictional drama from French–Senegalese director Alice Diop delivers a formally brilliant treatise on…
- DVD $29.95
Whetu Marama – Bright Star (2022)
- The inspiring story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi, aka Hek Busby, the Maori navigator and waka builder who was a key figure in reviving…
- DVD $29.95
My Name is Gulpilil (2021)
- A documentary memoir of the late great actor and dancer David Gulpilil, an Aboriginal Australian of the Yolngu people who starred in movies such as…
- DVD $29.95
High Ground (2020)
- Set against the stunning landscapes of 1930s Arnhem Land, this confronting Ozzie Western (also affectionately known as "Meat Pie" Westerns)…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Limbo (2020)
- A moving cross–cultural comedy about the refugee experience, set on a remote Scottish island where a promising young Syrian musician is waiting…
- DVD $29.95
Small Axe Anthology (Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White, and Blue; Alex Wheatle; Education) (2020)
- An astounding accomplishment for British creator, director and co–writer Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE), this anthology comprises five films…
- DVD $34.95
Hearts and Bones (2019)
- Restrained but powerful Australian drama with Hugo Weaving playing a traumatised war photojournalist who is preparing an exhibition in Sydney of his…
- DVD $29.95
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
- Brilliantly absurdist comedy of errors following a Palestinian filmmaker who leaves his country for the West and the promise of a new and better…
- DVD $29.95
Seberg (2019)
- Kristen Stewart is riveting as French New Wave actress Jean Seberg, in this drama set in the 1960's, when she passionately involved herself in the…
- DVD $29.95
Green Book (2018)
- Enjoyable road movie based on a true story about the unlikely friendship between an African–American concert pianist and a roughneck…
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Hibiscus & Ruthless (2018)
- A bolder but no less charming sophomore effort from the writer–director of THREE WISE COUSINS, following a young Samoan woman who is starting…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Gurrumul (2017)
- Documentary about internationally acclaimed indigenous Australian artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who wrote music inspired by his community on…
- DVD $29.95
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
- A hit at the 2017 NZ Film Festival, this astonishing documentary examines the life and work of literary iconoclast James Baldwin. Based on his…
- DVD $24.95
Luke Cage (TV Series) (2016)
- Marvel series launching black superhero Luke Cage, who tries to rebuild his regular life in Harlem after a sabotaged experiment bestows him super…
- Blu-Ray $44.95
Poi E: The Story of Our Song (2016)
- An aptly feel–good documentary account of the unlikely pop hit that boldly mashed up "Kapa Haka" song tradition and Te Reo Maori lyrics with…
- DVD $19.95
Learning to Drive (2014)
- Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley headline this undemanding comedy about the unlikely friendship between a literary agent and a Sikh driving…
- DVD $19.95
Intouchables, The (2011)
- Exemplary feel–good French comedy that details the unlikely friendship between an aristocratic quadriplegic and a young French–African…
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Life, Above All (2011)
- Heartrending tale of a headstrong 12–year–old girl who struggles to hold together her broken, AIDS–ridden family in modern day…
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Outside the Law (2010)
- Dir. Bouchareb (DAYS OF GLORY) re–frames the revolutionary tactics of Algerian nationalists against the French post–WWII as a…
- DVD $29.95
Balibo (2009)
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…
- DVD $19.95
Bran Nue Dae (Brand New Day) (2009)
- Lively comedy adapted from the stage musical that follows a teenage Aborigine who runs away from Catholic boarding school in the mid…
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Russell Peters: Red, White, and Brown (2009)
- Live performance of the Canadian comic from his sell–out Madison Square Gardens show. Peters delivers material from his record–breaking…
- DVD $24.95
Samson and Delilah (2009)
- A landmark of Australian cinema for many critics across the ditch, this unflinching drama of two Aboriginal outcasts discarded and left to fend for…
- DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $44.95
Gospel Hill (2008)
- Well–meaning, but congested melodrama set in the Deep South where a corporation selling out the underclass to white developers reignites racial…
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Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (2008)
- This striking hybrid animation is an audacious attempt to recall, through anecdote, dream, and documentary, the 1982 Israeli–Lebanon war.…
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Brick Lane (2007)
- Multi–layered drama based on the popular Monica Ali novel focuses on the transformative tale of a young woman forced to leave her Bangladeshi…
- DVD $34.95
Here to Stay (TV Series) (2007)
- An enlightening, culturally pertinent reference point for the current make up of New Zealand society, this six part series revisits a number of key…
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Amazing Grace (2006)
- Stirring dramatisation of the true story of 18th–century abolitionist William Wilberforce and his revolt against Britain’s slave…
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Ans Westra - Private Journeys/Public Signposts (2006)
- Photographer laureate Ans Westra takes to the other side of the camera in this insightful, contemplative retrospective of her photography, and…
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Sione's Wedding (2006)
- Highly engaging local comedy set among the Auckland Samoan community which charts the misbehaving antics of four laddish buddies (Knightly, Lelisi,…
- DVD $29.95
Ten Canoes (2006)
- Beguiling Aboriginal parable from Rolf de Heer is an evocative time–warp of Australia’s rich ancestry, told through the campfire narration of…
- Blu-Ray $19.95
Waimate Conspiracy, The (2006)
- With good jest, this disarming rural mock–unmentary unravels the story of a group of local Waimate Maori contesting the ownership of tribal…
- DVD $34.95
Blacktown (2005)
- Rough–edged but rewarding human drama interested in the relationship between a disenchanted married woman and a charismatic Aboriginal man in…
- DVD $29.95
Love + Hate (Love and Hate) (2005)
- Pakistani Muslims and British xenophobes clash in this racially charged prism of disparate cultures and forbidden love.
Young love and interracial…
- DVD $29.95
Sabah (2005)
- An impassioned telling of an oft–told culture clash, this concerns a devout Muslim woman’s love for a working class, atheistic man, and the…
- DVD $29.95
Whale Rider (2003)
- A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
- Adding exotic, gender–twisting charm and two vivacious performances to the underdog–feelgood formula, this…
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Daughter from Danang (2002)
- A moving and troubling documentary about Heidi Bub, the daughter of an American serviceman and a poor Vietnamese woman, born in Danang and raised in…
- Poster (VG) $9.95
Far From Heaven (2002)
- An exquisitely designed pastiche of 50s soap opera that mimics the look and acting style of vintage–movie melodrama but cleverly deviates by…
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The Best Man's Wedding (Jalla! Jalla!) (2000)
- A racy comic swirl through the family, romantic, sexual and general personal dilemmas of two Swedish best friends.
While one must suffer the…
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Yolngu Boy (2000)
- Three contrasting aboriginal boys from Arnhem Land, North Australia undertake a harsh journey out of loyalty when the petrol–sniffing habits of…
- DVD $19.95
Baseball (1994-2010)
- Ken Burns's celebrated documentary transcends its sporting appearance to deliver an elegant and engrossing social history through baseball over 150…
- DVD $79.95
Billy T James Show, The (TV Series) (CUZ FM) (1989)
- Episodes from the hit sitcom "CUZ FM", centred around the unique persona of NZ's best loved entertainer.
Billy plays a radio personality who…
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Mapantsula (1988)
- A disturbingly accurate evocation of township unrest in Soweto, as a young black petty criminal is throne into jail with a militant fraternity whom…
- Poster (G) $9.95
Ngati (1988)
- A moving and powerful drama about an Australian immigrant who encounters the spiritual home of the local 'Ngati' or tribe, which triggers his own…
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Utu - Redux (1983-2013)
- With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
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Love Thy Neighbour - The Movie (1973)
- Card–carrying unionist Eddie Booth, a socialistic avowed racial discriminator who maintains a constant barrage of abuse at his neighbor, a…
- DVD $14.95
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Moving adaptation stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar–winning performance as the genial lawyer who defends an innocent Negro accused of rape in the…
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Defiant Ones, The (1958)
- That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
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Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
- Gregory Peck stars in this Academy Award winning melodrama about a writer who, for the sake of research, pretends to be Jewish and becomes a victim…
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