Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion) directs this Aotearoa action thriller, a response to 2007's Tūhoe police raids. Stars Cliff Curtis, Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Manu...
Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion) directs this Aotearoa action thriller, a response to 2007's Tūhoe police raids. Stars Cliff Curtis, Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Manu Bennett (Arrow), Jay Ryan (It: Chapter Two) and Tāme Iti as himself.
"True to Kahi’s masterful commitment to centering Indigenous narratives, the film’s heartbeat is held by the locals. Community Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tawharau (Curtis) has returned home to care for his ailing father. In addition to shuttling the local tamariki to kura and getting kaumātua to their medical check-ups, he must also contend with the rebellious but loveable teenager, Rusty (Poroaki Merritt-McDonald) also recently returned home—but from six months in a Youth Corrections Facility.
"Against this backdrop of whānau and whenua, the police armed offenders squad descends on the sleepy town of Rūātoki—on a school day. Invoking New Zealand’s new anti-terrorism laws, the manhunt begins for Tūhoe activist, Tame Iti, the alleged mastermind behind a potential political uprising and ringleader of military-style training camps in Te Urewera." (Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival)
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Muru | Details
- Rating
- M, Violence & offensive language
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Action, Drama, Thriller, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- New Zealand