Te Rua

Te Rua
Directed byBarry Barclay
Written byBarry Barclay
Produced byJohn O'Shea
StarringDonna Akersten
Anne Chamberlain
Emilio De Marchi
CinematographyWarrick Attewell
Rory O'Shea
Edited byDell King
Simon Reece
Music byDalvanius Prime
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguagesEnglish
Maori

Te Rua is a 1991 New Zealand feature film directed and written by Barry Barclay and produced by John O'Shea.[1][2]

Synopsis

An activist and a lawyer favour different approaches in getting stolen Māori carvings in a Berlin museum back home.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

Producer John O'Shea was the founder of the independent film company Pacific Films.[5]

Reviews

  • 1991 Variety.[6]
  • 1992 New Internationalist Reviews - Te Rua "...grapples with the global controversy of aboriginal artifacts being caged in the institutions of another culture..." .[7]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
  2. ^ a b "Te Rua". British Film Institute. 1991. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Te Rua". NZ On Screen. 1991. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Te Rua". New Zealand Film Commission. 1991. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. ^ "John O'Shea". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Te Rua review". Variety. 19 August 1991.
  7. ^ "Reviews - Te Rua". No. 227. New Internationalist. 5 January 1992. Retrieved 7 March 2023.