Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999)

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Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999)

As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at Pākiri beach. With a focus on their personal lives, these highly accomplished wahine Māori are generous in sharing what motivates and challenges them in their mahi — with friendship a recurring theme. Filmed a year after the disbanding of her group Moana and the Moahunters, Maniapoto is particularly vulnerable in her reflections. The film was made by Honours student Sam Cruickshank as part of a Film and Media Studies degree at Auckland University.

Release: Jul 26, 1999

Duration: 16m

Quality: HD

Genres: Documentary

Actors: Anne Thorp, Merata Mita, Moana Maniapoto

Country: New Zealand

Keywords:
indigenous