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ImagineNative · 2025

ImagineNative 2025

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4 films · 2 reviews

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Bila Burba

An exploration and reenactment of the successful revolution and successors of the revolutionaries on the reasons for the uprising course of the events.

(Country: Panama; Year: 2023; Director: Duiren Wagua; Writer: Duiren Wagua, Orgun Wagua)

The Haka Party Incident

Review preview for The Haka Party Incident

Moving back and forth between these groups allows the narrative to evolve in a way that takes different perspectives into account without setting them against one another.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The last New Zealand War happened in 1979. It lasted three minutes. This documentary tells the story.

(Country: New Zealand/Aotearoa; Year: 2024; Director: Katie Wolfe; Writer: Katie Wolfe)

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Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End

A teenage boy born of two cultures must navigate a brutal war between the Māori and colonial British forces.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2024; Director: Mike Jonathan; Writer: Tim Worrall; Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jason Flemyng, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith, Jack Barry, Ria Paki, Paku Fernandez, Matariki Whatarau, Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, Te Wakaunua Te Kurapa, Matia Mitai, Tuwhanauroa Rangihau, Naatana Mika, Kataraina Howden-Borell, Hinerangi Harawira-Nicholas)

We Were Dangerous

Review preview for We Were Dangerous

The darkness in the film is carefully balanced by comedy.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Three friends attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island In 1950s New Zealand. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their bond. This is challenged when the school’s matron divides them.

(Country: New Zealand/Aotearoa; Year: 2024; Director: Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu; Writer: Maddie Dai, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu; Stars: Rima Te Wiata, Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall)

Full review See: Interview with Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu about We Were Dangerous