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My Brother Mitchell
Short Film (Full Length) – 2018
Get up! Get up! I need you! Mum needs you!– Todd (Poroaki Merritt-McDonald) begs Mitchell (Tyrell Gregoire) to wake up
Bro, everything's gonna be okay.– Mitchell (Tyrell Gregoire) in Todd's (Poroaki Merritt-McDonald) flashback of the two brothers
Making the film has been healing and has sparked conversations between us about how we experienced Mitchell's passing.– Writer/director Todd Karehana on how the film was cathartic in dealing with his own brother's death, The Bay of Plenty Times, May 2018
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