About
Nanna Maria (Ruby Dee), the matriarch of a Fijian-Kiwi family, fears the heart has left her clan. She demands her grown grandchildren arrange a traditional feast, where she will name her successor. But family tiffs will spin events into chaos. This award-winning love letter to the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill marked the first film from Toa Fraser (The Dead Lands), who adapted it from his play. Invited to many global festivals, No. 2's awards haul included the World Cinema Audience Award at American festival Sundance. It also spawned classic song 'Bathe in the River'. Fraser writes about making No. 2 here.
Key Cast & Crew
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Ruby Dee
As: Nanna Maria
Related images
Soul (Taungaroa Emile) and Danish Maria (Tuva Novotny) in a moment of happiness from No. 2.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Soul (Taungaroa Emile) and Erasmus (Rene Naufahu) in a scene from 2006 movie No. 2.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Mia Blake as Charlene in Toa Fraser's feature film No. 2 (2006).
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Actors Miriama McDowell (left), Te Paki Cherrington and Ruby Dee in 2006 movie No. 2.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
