Muru TIFF Contemporary World Section Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Tearepa Kahi Writer: Tearepa Kahi, Jason Nathan Cast: Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Tame Iti, Simone Kessell, Roimata Fox, Ria Te Uira Paki, Poroaki Merritt-McDonald Screened at: Critics’ link, CA, 9/01/22 Opens: September 10th, 2022 (Toronto International Film Festival) The opening titles […]
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- 9/11/2022
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- ShockYa
New Zealand’s Tūhoe people have faced more than a century of aggression for daring to keep their culture alive. As relayed at the start of Tearepa Kahi’s thriller Muru (a Māori word for their process of redressing transgressions), the facts are undeniable. In 1916, the police staged a raid to arrest Tūhoe prophet Rua Kenana on charges of sedition (he would later be acquitted and instead charged with resisting). A half-hour gunfight ensued leaving two dead and six wounded. Then the police staged another in 2007 to arrest leader Tame Iti for organizing what they called a “domestic terrorist” cell only to later apologize and admit their actions set relations back decades. It’s no wonder the film’s first frame states that New Zealand’s police don’t “endorse” its content.
There’s more context to that statement beyond just the desire to not condone a depiction painting them as the enemy,...
There’s more context to that statement beyond just the desire to not condone a depiction painting them as the enemy,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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