Nov 3, 4, 5: Movie- WARU continues in Raglan. Five star reviews keep coming

WARU has received another 5 star review, this time from Graeme Tuckett of Fairfax’s Stuff website, who says “This film is beautiful, bold, gorgeously well made and utterly essential” and was moved to tears.

 

 

Graeme Tuckett from Stuff 

Screenings of WARU continue in November at the Raglan Old School Arts Centre.

Friday 3rd at 5.30pm, Saturday 4th at 8.00pm and Sunday 5th at 5.30pm.

Reserve at http://raglanmovies.nz   with door sales from 30mins before session times.

Sunday Star Times 5/5 Stars. Sarah Watt, “the overall impact of Waru is stunning and it is impossible not to be moved and impressed in equal measure. A reviewer’s work is such we seldom get the luxury of time to watch a film more than once, but Waru is one I’ll be revisiting as soon as I can.”

WARU

Following the death of a child at the hands of his caregiver, eight Māori women are confronted by guilt, shame, pride and defeat but will ultimately risk everything for the greater good of their community…

From nine female Māori filmmakers come eight connected stories, each taking place at the same moment in time during the tangi (funeral) of a small boy, Waru, who has died at the hands of a caregiver.

Charm

The eight stories are all subtly linked and follow different female characters as they come to terms with Waru’s death and try to find a way forward in their community. In Māori, waru means 8.

Kerry Warkia & Kiel McNaughton, the Producers of Waru say their aim was to communicate the shared feelings we have towards child abuse in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Waru features eight stories all set around a single tangi.

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