Mātaki Mai - The Dead Lands
Ōtautahi's own weeklong reo Māori film festival, hosted in partnership with Kōrero ki Ōtautahi and Alice Cinema's.
The Dead Lands is the fourth feature by acclaimed New Zealand director Toa Fraser and is based on a script by Glenn Standring, shot in Auckland and the central North Island of New Zealand and features the Māori martial art of Mau Rakau, a unique hand-to-hand fighting style not seen on international cinema screens before.
After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, Hongi – a Maori chieftain’s teenage son – must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones. Vastly outnumbered by the band of villains, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden Dead Lands and forge an uneasy alliance with the mysterious ‘Warrior’ a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
Starrng James Rolleston (Boy, The Dark Horse), Lawrence Makoare (Die Another Day, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King), Te Kohe Tuhaka (Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business), George Henare (Once Were Warriors), Xavier Horan (Dean Spanley) and Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors).
The Dead Lands is the fourth feature by acclaimed New Zealand director Toa Fraser and is based on a script by Glenn Standring, shot in Auckland and the central North Island of New Zealand and features the Māori martial art of Mau Rakau, a unique hand-to-hand fighting style not seen on international cinema screens before.
After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, Hongi – a Maori chieftain’s teenage son – must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones. Vastly outnumbered by the band of villains, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden Dead Lands and forge an uneasy alliance with the mysterious ‘Warrior’ a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
Starrng James Rolleston (Boy, The Dark Horse), Lawrence Makoare (Die Another Day, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King), Te Kohe Tuhaka (Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business), George Henare (Once Were Warriors), Xavier Horan (Dean Spanley) and Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors).
Alice Cinema's, 209 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central
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