ONCE WERE WARRIORS (1995)

LEE TAMAHORI

Drama Gangster/Mob Blackness, Race & Ethnicity Violence Recommended

Cast

RENA OWEN TEMUERA MORRISON MAMAENGAROA KERR-BEL

Plot

Violently powerful picture of life in a New Zealand ghetto. Long suffering Beth is struggling to hold together some sort of semblance to family life. No easy task with a brutal drunken husband, a would-be gangster son and another child in care. Harrowing but gripping tale of strength and survival.