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Tama Tū

Short Film, 2004

 Tama Tū

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 Synopsis

Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A tohu (sign) brings them back to reality and they gather to say a karakia before returning to the fray. Director Taika Waititi: "they are a bunch of young men [...] who have a special bond, strengthened by their character, their culture and each other." Shot in the rubble of the old Wellington Hospital Tama Tū won international acclaim: honourable mention at Sundance and a special jury prize at Berlin.

 Credits

 Taika Waititi
 Ainsley Gardiner
 Cliff Curtis
 Adam Clark
 
 

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Included in the Anzac Day Collection.

 
 

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