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Broken Barrier
1952
A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!
- John O'Shea,Roger Mirams
- 1h 11m
- January 1, 1952 · New Zealand
Overview
Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1952
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- Pacific Films
- Cast
- Myra Hapi,Kay Ngarimu,F.W. French,Dorothy Tansley,Bill Merito,Terence Bayler,George Ormond,Lily Te Nahu
- Director
- John O'Shea,Roger Mirams
- Writer
- John O'Shea
- Cinematography
- Roger Mirams
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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