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Lee Tamahori

"Once Were Warriors"Once Were Warriors
(1995, 102 min.) AOTEAROA/NEW ZELAND
Director: Lee Tamahori
Writer: Riwia Brown
Actors: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison

Tamahori’s debut feature, one of New Zealand’s highest-grossing films, is the harrowing story of the life of a contemporary Maori family in urban New Zealand.

Image credit: Lee Tamahori; Still from Once Were Warriors

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