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Music video director Sam Peacocke's confronting dramatic debut re-imagines the events that took place around the robbery of a Manurewa liquor store in 2008, in which owner Navtej Singh was tragically murdered. The film takes a kaleidoscopic perspective on colliding South Auckland lives, notably in an — almost unbearably — tense hold-up scene. Largely shot with non-actors, the production was self-funded; Manurewa was selected for Melbourne and Berlin film festivals and won the Crystal Bear for best short in the Generation 14plus youth section at Berlin.
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omg this is such a sad story, in no disrespect to the family and all but a clear mesaage to everyone is that not all islanders or samoans are like this. We do have a heart and we're not all like this. We have respect for our elders and culture beings lol but if there are islanders that are like this well they feel the need to due to peer pressure or there just not thinking staright about their action. I gotta say when I hear stories like these it just makes me feel ashame of who I am. Just saying though to those youths that think they have no choice but to do the wrong thing well you gotta voice and use it to say NO! if you dont you'll probably regret it your whole life and trust me i know what its like. I may not know this him but R.I.P Navtej Singh <3
Repping OTaRA PROUDZZ!!
Wasn't the rewa that I remember growing up in, we didn't have liquor stores everywhere! So sad how things have changed
loved the short film, but feel really sad for him ^... must be samoans Lol i am samoan :P
from otara btw guys so i know sorta what kind happens in these types of gang violence communties.
So unreal yet REAL, im from Otara and i can surely say its such a harsh sad reality in which some people live amongst no matter what the negative cause be nor weather it be in manurewa, Otara, Glen Innes, Kelston etc....
I hated that part of my life in 'The Hood' but that poverish life shaped a part of what has made me who i am today
A great short film - no holds barred!
- Audio Punishment
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Television, 2006 (Full Length)
Features a visit to a Manurewa Sikh temple
Short Film, 2010 (Full Length)
A contemporary short also exploring cross-cultural collision in Auckland
Film, 2012 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Documentary directed by Same Peacocke
Short Film, 2004 (Full Length)
A contemporary short also exploring cross-cultural collision in Auckland
2011 Berlin Film Festival
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film in the Generation 14plus section
2011 New Zealand Screenwriter Awards
Best Short Film Script
New Writer Award
2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Short Film and Best Script - Short Fim
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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Posted at 03.20PM - 24.10.2012
Hey Nella, I noticed in your comment you mentioned that when you hear stories like these it just makes me feel ashamed of who you are. Never base you opinion of yourself on how others in you community chose to live their lives. I am an Indian, but I have the sense enough to realize that islanders should not be judged on the basis of the actions of a few wayward idiots. Infact, just listening to people like you speak out against such intolerance further strengthens my argument that Islands are a people with a rich cultural background who believe in tolerance and unity. As Mahatma Gandhi would have said आप मानवता में विश्वास मत खोइए. मानवता सागर की तरह है; अगर सागर की कुछ बूँदें गन्दी हैं, तो सागर गन्दा नहीं हो जाता...which essentially translates to "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."