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Waru

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Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2017-10-19

Runtime: 88 mins

Director: Briar Grace Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Paula Whetu Jones

Writer: Briar Grace Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Paula Whetu Jones

Spoken language: English,

Genres: Drama

Original title: Waru

Production Companies: Brown Sugar Apple Grunt

Production Countries: New Zealand

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