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This Way of Life
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 2009
Filmed over four years, This Way of Life documents the story of Hawkes Bay hunter and horse wrangler Peter Ottley-Karena, wife Colleen (Ngāti Maniapoto), and their six children. Intercut with Peter's articulate bush philosophy, it captures the family's romantic, dignified relationship to each other and to the natural world. Ever-present amongst the challenges their commitment to a 'simple life' faces is Peter's broken relationship with his step-father. Life received a special mention at the Berlin Film Festival; Variety called it "resonant and stunningly shot".
What do I do for a living? I live for a living.– Peter Karena
Key Cast & Crew
Thomas Burstyn
Barbara Sumner-Burstyn
Malachi Ottley-Karena
Elias Ottley-Karena
Cushla Dillon
Dan Browne
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