About
This much praised documentary revisits the subject of a film Vincent Ward made in 1978, aged 21. That film, In Spring One Plants Alone, told the story of 80-year-old Puhi, who lived with her schizophrenic son in the isolated Urewera. The follow-up — part detective documentary, part historical reenactment — focuses on Puhi's life. She married the son of Māori prophet Rua Kenana, had 14 children, and after a run of tragedies, believed herself to be cursed. This excerpt goes “way out there in the bush” to the Maungapohatu community where Rua “made the city of God on Earth”.
Key Cast & Crew
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A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly provided by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward, Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children.
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward, Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindy supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
