Gurl (2020)
20m
Running Time
July 26, 2020Release Date
Plot.
This short film takes place one frantic night as a beautiful young sex worker waits for her salesman lover to whisk her away from her last night on the strip to live happily ever after. But it’s 1975 and she’s a Māori drag queen. And he’s not the ‘white knight’ he said he was.
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Cast & Crew.
Jay Tewake
Gurl
Regan Taylor
Ed
Jackie Clarke
Sapphire
Jackie Clarke
Sapphire
Brady Peeti
Gypsy
Mika X.
Director
Ramon Te Wake
Mystik Ra
Mark Dennison
Composer
Richie Cattell
Rugby Lad
Penny Dodd
Composer
Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu
Strap Boy
Darryl Ward
Cinematographer
Whetu Fala
Whaea
Anastasia Doniants
Editor
Danielle Hayes
Terracotta Blade
Amanduh La Hoare
Lofty Queen
Amanaki Prescott-Faletau
Mystik Ama
Rosanna Raymond
Mystik Maiden
Aaron Ward
White Knight
Philippa Campbell
Consulting Producer
Georgina Allison Conder
Consulting Producer
Alan Jansson
Music Producer
Gerry Pass
Executive Producer
Kelly Mitchell
Hair Department Head
Alex Plumb
Associate Producer
Isa Lilai
Makeup & Hair
Lance Loughlin
Line Producer
Benjamin Thomas Watt
Post Production Assistant / Music Supervision Assistant
Darryl Ward
Cinematography
Barrie Ewens
Set Designer
Luana Barnes
Foley Artist
Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 2020
StatusReleased
Running Time20m
Budget$380,000
Filming LocationsMount Roskill, New Zealand
Genres
Wiki.
GURL is a 2020 New Zealand short film directed, written and produced by Mika X. The film premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival as part of the "Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2020" selection curated by Leo Koziol and Craig Fasi. GURL tells a story of Carmen Rupe experience in the context of being both Maori and LGBT: "The infamous Māori Drag Queen Carmen 'Gurl' finally accepts her-true-self when she falls in love with a fading rugby star on an ill-fated night in New Zealand 1975." This short film is a prequel to the feature film "The Book of Carmen" which has been in pre-production since the release of GURL.