The Road Dance
This year's Hebrides International Film Festival (Hiff) is to have a special focus on focus on global stories of environment and indigenous community, it has been revealed. It will include a screening of new Maori drama Muru alongside Syrian refugee saga Exodus and Native American documentary Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World.
The festival will also include a showcase of Andy Mackinnon's ambitious new project Cinema Sgìre, which seeks to digitise over 100 videotapes produced by communities across the Outer Hebrides- from Ness to Vatersay- in the 1970s, a chance for community venues to experience the latest in VR technology. It features feature intimate insights into the traditional ways of community life, including blacksmithery, tweed making and sheep shearing. There will also be an opportunity to see archive film from Berneray.
Muru
Recent works with Hebridean films include drama The Road Dance and documentary Stuff The World.
This year's Hebrides International Film Festival (Hiff) is to have a special focus on focus on global stories of environment and indigenous community, it has been revealed. It will include a screening of new Maori drama Muru alongside Syrian refugee saga Exodus and Native American documentary Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World.
The festival will also include a showcase of Andy Mackinnon's ambitious new project Cinema Sgìre, which seeks to digitise over 100 videotapes produced by communities across the Outer Hebrides- from Ness to Vatersay- in the 1970s, a chance for community venues to experience the latest in VR technology. It features feature intimate insights into the traditional ways of community life, including blacksmithery, tweed making and sheep shearing. There will also be an opportunity to see archive film from Berneray.
Muru
Recent works with Hebridean films include drama The Road Dance and documentary Stuff The World.
- 5/8/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Tearepa Kahi’s “Muru” opens with several spiky title cards: “The views and accuracy of the information contained in this production are not endorsed or supported by the New Zealand Police.” “This film is not a recreation of the police raids against the people of Tūhoe…”; “…It is a response.” The raids in question took place in 1916 and 2007. The former ended with the arrest of Māori prophet Rua Kēnana; the latter, which sought to uncover paramilitary training camps, ended with the seizure of four guns and the arrests of eighteen people, including Tūhoe activist Tame Iti.
Continue reading ‘Muru’ Review: Tearepa Kahi Crafts A Riveting But Imperfect Facfiction [TIFF] at The Playlist.
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- 9/20/2022
- by Oliver Weir
- The Playlist
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
Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi) is joining the second season of Showtime’s Yellowjackets as the adult Lottie Matthews.
The teen version of Lottie was played in season one by Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road), who has been upped to series regular in season two.
A New Zealand native, Kessell can currently be seen opposite Ewan McGregor in Obi-Wan Kenobi as Breha Organa, mother to Princess Leia as a child. Previous TV credits include Our Flag Means Death, as well as Reckoning, The Crossing, Of Kings and Prophets and Terra Nova. She stars in the upcoming feature Muru, which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Kessell is repped by Buchwald.
Showtime announced last week that Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) will play the adult version of Van, played as a teenager in season one by Liv Hewson.
Yellowjackets is up for seven Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series,...
The teen version of Lottie was played in season one by Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road), who has been upped to series regular in season two.
A New Zealand native, Kessell can currently be seen opposite Ewan McGregor in Obi-Wan Kenobi as Breha Organa, mother to Princess Leia as a child. Previous TV credits include Our Flag Means Death, as well as Reckoning, The Crossing, Of Kings and Prophets and Terra Nova. She stars in the upcoming feature Muru, which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Kessell is repped by Buchwald.
Showtime announced last week that Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) will play the adult version of Van, played as a teenager in season one by Liv Hewson.
Yellowjackets is up for seven Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Opening and closing films unveiled.
New Zealand International Film Festival (July 28 – August 7) is to open its 2022 edition with the world premiere of local filmmaker Tearepa Kahi’s action drama Muru and Sara Dosa’s US documentary Fire Of Love.
Muru will open the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin locations of the festival while Sundance-winner Fire Of Love will open all other festival sites. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winner Triangle Of Sadness will close the festival in all locations.
It marks Nziff’s return as a full in-person festival after operating as a hybrid event in 2020 and 2021. However, while the...
New Zealand International Film Festival (July 28 – August 7) is to open its 2022 edition with the world premiere of local filmmaker Tearepa Kahi’s action drama Muru and Sara Dosa’s US documentary Fire Of Love.
Muru will open the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin locations of the festival while Sundance-winner Fire Of Love will open all other festival sites. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winner Triangle Of Sadness will close the festival in all locations.
It marks Nziff’s return as a full in-person festival after operating as a hybrid event in 2020 and 2021. However, while the...
- 7/4/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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