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Mahana is a 2016 New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and written by John Collee, based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. It was released as The Patriarch outside New Zealand.
Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan.
Mar 3, 2016 · The Patriarch: Directed by Lee Tamahori. With Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty. From the author of "The Whale Rider", a tale of family rivalry and reconciliation, set against the stunning backdrop of rural New Zealand in the 1960s.
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- Drama
- Lee Tamahori
- 2016-03-03
The strong Māori cast includes Nancy Brunning (interviewed above) and Jim Moriarty. Mahana debuted at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival under the title The Patriarch, before Kiwi release. The clips include an excerpt, interviews with cast and crew, and behind the scenes material.
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.
Dec 7, 2016 · Mahana is the story of a powerful rivalry between two Maori families who make their living as shearers around Gisborne, on the east coast of the north island, in the early 1960s. In the history of ...
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Morrison plays Tamihana Mahana, the proud and forceful head of a 1960s Maori sheep-shearing family who is constantly competing with the nearby Poata dynasty, for more reasons than just the sheep.
