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Broken Barrier

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Broken Barrier

A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!

6.0

1h 11m

1952

“A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Roger Mirams

John O'Shea

DramaRomance

Cast & Crew

Kay Ngarimu

as Rawi

Terence Bayler

Terence Bayler

as Tom Sullivan

Myra Hapi

as Kiri

George Ormond

as Alec

Dorothy Tansley

as Mrs. Sullivan

F.W. French

as Mr. Sullivan

Lily Te Nahu

as Maata

Bill Merito

as Johnny

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