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MURU (TIFF 2022) – Review by Ulkar Alakbarova

October 3, 2022October 9, 2022 Ulkar Alakbarova Cliff Curtis, muru, new zealand films, Tāme Iti, Tearepa Kahi, TIFF 2022, toronto international film festival, truth-based

Muru is a solid thriller inspired by true events of police raids that took place in 1961 and 2007 in New Zealand. It follows a local police Sergeant “Taffy” Tawharau (Cliff Curtis) who must make a tough decision to assist the Government with a police raid or stand by his community and prevent possible bloodshed. When the government launches an armed raid on Taffy’s community called Ruatoki on a school day, things go terribly wrong. What starts as a mission to find and arrest a possible local terrorist who threatened to attack the Prime Minister turns into a violent altercation with casualties that could have been prevented.

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Tearepa Kahi and Cliff Curtis on MURU (TIFF 2022) – Ulkar Alakbarova interviews

October 3, 2022October 4, 2022 Ulkar Alakbarova Cliff Curtis, muru, new zealand films, Tāme Iti, Tearepa Kahi, TIFF 2022, toronto international film festival, truth-based

Racism, corruption, discrimination, greed and power. They all go hand-in-hand. We hope that at some point the world we live in will change for the better. But it does not happen. Are we just naïve to hope and still believe in miracles? The story told in Muru, directed by Tearepa Kahi happened not too long ago. But when you look at it, you begin to ask yourself – how is it even possible for something like this to occur in our modern times? Not revealing much, I had the great pleasure of sitting down with director Tearepa Kahi and actor Cliff Curtis, who provided insights into the film much better than I could.