Crooked Earth

Crooked Earth

2001
6.2

6.2/10

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Drama
Overview

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Communicado Productions Pandora New Zealand Film Commission NZ on Air
Production Countries
France New Zealand
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new zealand maori

Quick Facts

Release Date August 23, 2001
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0251032

Cast

Temuera Morrison
Temuera Morrison

Will Bastion

Jaime Passier-Armstrong
Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Ripeka Bastion

Lawrence Makoare
Lawrence Makoare

Kahu Bastion

Quinton Hita
Quinton Hita

Api

Nancy Brunning
Nancy Brunning

Marama

Mark Nua
Mark Nua

Iosefa

Sydney Jackson
Sydney Jackson

Pettigrew

George Henare
George Henare

Tipene

Calvin Tuteao
Calvin Tuteao

Sergeant Ropiha

Stan Wolfgramm
Stan Wolfgramm

Timo

Sela Apera
Sela Apera

Huiarangi

William Davis
William Davis

Gus

Key Crew

Sam Pillsbury
Director
Robin Scholes
Producer
Waihoroi Shortland
Writer
Greg McGee
Writer
Karin Altmann
Writer
Peter Beilby
Executive Producer
Ernst Goldschmidt
Executive Producer
Michael Brindley
Writer