Once Were Warriors

New Zealand, 1994

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A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

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Credits

producer

Robin Scholes

Duration

01:39:00

Production places
New Zealand
Production dates
1994

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-527

Language

English

Subject category

Drama

TMDB-Movie

527

Wikidata

Q919579

Collected

114 times

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