WITBN

Round I List:

1. Children Of The Revolution
Duration: 52 minutes / Post watershed

Best Māori Program Qantas Film & Television Awards 2008

Prod: Claudette Hauiti, Dir: Makerita Urale, Front of the Box Productions Ltd

This documentary explores the unique lives of five children born to the leaders of the Protest Movement in New Zealand, key figures who helped shape the consciousness and socio-political landscape of Aotearoa, New Zealand during the 70’s and 80’s.

2. Land of my Ancestors

Duration: 52 minutes / Post watershed

Prod/Dir: Lala Rolls, Island Productions Aotearoa Ltd

A portrait of Māori artist Darcy Nicholas. Darcy’s story is inseparably woven with his mountain, Mount Taranaki; his family; his ancestors; his art and into the lives of other indigenous artists and friends. We travel with Darcy his mountain and to North America. Land of My Ancestors celebrates the precious exchange of breath between Māori and First Nations people of America and Canada. Darcy says the documentary is about a Taranaki family. We say that is true, and it is also about being Māori, weaving, art, keeping a strong thread to the ancestors and living in the world today.

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3. Edward Taihakurei Durie

Duration: 52 minutes / Post watershed

Prod: Yvonne Mackay, Dir: Moana Sinclair, Production Shed.TV Ltd

Justice Edward Taihakurei Durie is the first Māori Judge to sit on the High Court Bench of New Zealand. This documentary follows the work and life of a very talented Māori jurist who is not just unique to New Zealand but is also one of Māoridom’s much loved sons.

4. Broken Journey: The Life And Art Of JC Sturm

Duration: 52 minutes / Post watershed

Prod: Huia Lambie, Dir: Tim Rose, Kapiti Productions Ltd

A visual biography of an acclaimed Maori woman writer. Jacqueline Cecelia Sturm, now aged 80, reflects on her life and the influences that shaped her writing including her early years in the Taranaki. She was one of the first Maori women to graduate from university, married a great New Zealand poet, James K Baxter, and became a renowned poet in her own right.