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Adventures in Māoriland - Alexander Markey and the Making of Hei Tiki
Television (Full Length) – 1985
Was he a crook? Probably not; a romantic, with a dream of creation which got out of control. He attempted to produce a film in the period when cinema went through its biggest change ever, from the silent era to the talkies.– Narrator Martyn Sanderson
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