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The trailer for the film.
An excerpt from this feature film.
Writer Briar Grace-Smith talks about the film.
Producer Fiona Copland talks about making the film.
Lead actors Hato Paparoa and Melanie Mayall-Nahi talk acting in the film.
Actors Nancy Brunning and Jim Moriarty talk about the film.
The B-Roll - behind the scenes footage from this film.
The credits for this feature film.
The Strength of Water
Film (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras) – 2009
Pare Paseka as Tirea in The Strength of Water.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Isaac Barber as Tai, the stranger who arrives in an isolated Māori community in The Strength of Water.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Isaac Barber as Tai and Pare Paseka as Tirea in The Strength of Water.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Real life cousins Hato Paparoa (then 11) and Melanie Mayall-Nahi (10) as twins Kimi and Melody, in movie The Strength of Water.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Hato Paparoa as Kimi in a scene from The Strength of Water.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
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