Ngati
Ngati is a 1987 New Zealand feature film directed by Barry Barclay, written by Tama Poata and produced by John OShea.
Set in and around the fictional town of Kapua in 1948, Ngati is the story of a Mori community. The film comprises three narrative threads a boy, Ropata, is dying of leukaemia the return of a young Australian doctor, Greg, and his discovery that he has Mori heritage and the fight to keep the local freezing works open. Unique in tone and quietly powerful in its storytelling, Ngati was Barry Barclays first dramatic feature and the first feature to be written and directed by Mori. Ngati screened in Critics Week at Cannes.
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