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WARU — Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

December 15, 2017September 4, 2018 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments maori directors, waru

Over a black screen, a young child’s voice states calmly: “When I died, I saw the whole world”. Directed by

TIFF’s Kathleen Drumm on the 2017 Festival’s ‘Share Her Journey’ Initiative — Interview by Julide Tanriverdi

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 Julide Tanriverdi 0 Comments kathleen drumm, share her journey, TIFF, toronto international film festival, waru, women's programming

There is always talk that there are not enough women in Hollywood. The latest study from the Center for the

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At TIFF: New Zealand’s Maori Women Directors talk WARU — Gill Pringle reports

September 16, 2017January 28, 2019 Gill Pringle 0 Comments maori directors, new zealand films, TIFF, toronto international film festival, waru

Told from the viewpoint of nine female filmmakers, Waru is the first feature film from New Zealand to be made by Maori women since Mereta Mita’s Mauri almost 30 years ago. Eight female Maori directors each contributed a ten minute vignette, presented as a continuous shot in real time, that unfolds around the tangi (funeral) of a small boy (Waru) who died at the hands of his caregiver.