Waru (2017)

7.1/10 • 88 min • Drama

Overview

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

Cast

Tanea Heke

Roimata Fox

Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

Maria Walker

Kararaina Rangihau

Ranui

Antonio Te Maioha

Miriama McDowell

Amber Curreen

Cohen Holloway

Tom Sainsbury

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