Maori Boy Genius
2011, English. Directed by Pietra Brettkelly.
“He’s precious, and gifted, a Matakite – a wiseman… but really he’s just a child.” A coming-of-age film profiling future leader Ngaa Rauuira, railing against his people’s statistics of uneducated youth, 40% of prisoners, and alarming suicide rates. Ngaa’s story reveals a family of eight on a modest income, committing to a US$35,000 Yale bill; a weighty tribal expectation that he will be the voice of his people AND bring success in war dance competitions; laughing and crying with best friends, approaching adulthood and diverging pathways. What if we could turn back the clock and watch the minds forming of those who would create political zeitgeist shifts in the future?
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
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- English
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- 12 November 2011
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- Pietra Brettkelly
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Who directed Maori Boy Genius?
Maori Boy Genius (2011) was directed by Pietra Brettkelly and stars Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti.