Mahana 2016
Drama
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.
Cast
A
Akuhata Keefe
Simeon Mahana
S
Sienna MacKinlay
Gloria Mahana
T
Tuhiwhakauraoterangi Wallace-Ihakara
Hope Mahana
K
Kyra McRae
Faith Mahana
Y
Yvonne Porter
Poppy Poata
Crew
- Director
- Lee Tamahori
- Writers
- John Collee, Witi Ihimaera
- Producers
- Robin Scholes, Janine Dickins
- Executive Producers
- Timothy White
- Cinematography
- Ginny Loane
- Editing
- Michael Horton, Jonathan Woodford-Robinson
- Composer
- Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, Tama Waipara
- Production Design
- Mark Robins
- Costume Design
- Liz McGregor
Details
- Release date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studios
- New Zealand Film Commission, Jump Film and Television, Hopscotch Entertainment One, Wild Bunch Distribution
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English, Maori
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