Mahana (2016)
1h 43m
Running Time
September 1, 2016Release Date
Plot.
It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan. A courageous schoolboy, he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing feud between the two families. Before long, the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana, who is as stubborn as he is proud, is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths. The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Temuera Morrison
Grandfather Tamihana Mahana
Akuhata Keefe
Simeon Mahana
Nancy Brunning
Ramona Mahana
Jim Moriarty
Rupeni Poata
Regan Taylor
Joshua Mahana
Maria Walker
Huria Mahana
Edmund Eramiha
Pani
Lee Tamahori
Director
John Collee
Writer
Witi Ihimaera
Writer
Robin Scholes
Producer
Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper
Composer
Tama Waipara
Composer
Virginia Loane
Cinematographer
Michael Horton
Editor
Jonathan Woodford-Robinson
Editor
Mike Dwyer
CastingDirector
Mark Robins
ProductionDesigner
Liz McGregor
Costume Design
Ginny Loane
Director of Photography
Ross McGarva
Art Direction
Peter Sweeney
Art Direction
Abi Wollcombe
Set Decoration
Paddy Church
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Mahana is a 2016 New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and written by John Collee, based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. It was released as The Patriarch outside New Zealand.