Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Heart of the Stag (1984)- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Terence Cooper, Bruno Lawrence - A harrowing drama that deals frankly yet sensitively with the subject of incest. Terence Cooper plays a brutish farmer whose dreadful secret is soon…
King Pin (1984)
- Dir. Mike Walker
Feat. Nicholas Rogers, Junior Amega, Mitchell Manuel - Polynesian juveniles experience bonding, rivalry and violence at a child welfare training facility. Though budget constraints are evident, it's…
Other Halves (1984)- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Mark Pilisi - An unlikely relationship blossoms between a 32–year–old white woman and a polynesian street–kid half her age.
Silent One, The (1984)- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. George Henare, Pat Evison, Teraki Tokorangi - An endearing and visually striking tale of a gifted young mute boy who becomes ostracised by his isolated Pacific community, but finds solace in the…
Trial Run (1984)- Dir. Melanie Read
Feat. Annie Whittle - Eerie occurences manifest into the worst nightmare for a wildlife photographer posted at an isolated cottage. Annie Whittle gives it heck as the…
Vigil (Incl. In Spring One Plants Alone & A State Of Seige) (1984)- Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr… - A young girl's world is transformed when her father dies and a enigmatic stranger arrives in his wake. Our unique landscape provides a magnificent…
Constance (1983)- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Donogh Rees - Donogh Rees gives a restrained performance in this post–war period drama as a school–teacher whose fanciful dreams are realised and then…
Death Warmed Up (1983)- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Michael Hurst - Hell–bent on exacting revenge on a loony scientist, Michael Hurst leads his friends to a secret island where toxic abominations run riot. This…
Issues Facing Women (1983-1987)- Dir. Patricia Robins, Diana Rowan, Melanie Read
Feat. Judy McIntosh, Elizabeth McRae, Bridgette Allen… - Three short films from New Zealand made by and about women. Instincts (1987) 20 mins The story of a woman in a communal relationship in the 70's…
Making Utu (1983)- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- Exemplary behind the scenes documentary observes the making of Geoff Murphy's groundbreaking 'puha western' UTU, revealing both the insistence on…
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