| Classification Number |
Drama |
| Title |
Mahana. [DVD] |
| Physical Description |
sound, colour ; |
| Series |
DVD |
| Drama |
| Note |
Catalogued from container. |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment : 2016. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 69440SDG. |
| Based on the novel Bulibasha : king of the gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. Also known as "The Patriarch". |
| extras: A postcard to the 1950s ; The car race ; The Mahana family ; Tow families ; Women of the era ; A day's work ; Dressing for the occasion ; Nga Kaitaki ; Witi's life. |
| Performer |
Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty. |
| 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Maori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14 year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son, is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta, he risks not just his own future prospects, but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society. |
| Classification |
Censorship classification : M. |
| Ihimaera, Witi, -- 1944- |
| Subject |
Patriarchy -- New Zealand -- Drama |
| Family violence -- New Zealand -- Drama |
| Fathers and sons -- Drama |
| Sheep-shearing -- Drama |
| Maori (New Zealand people) -- Drama |
| Teenagers -- Drama |
| Families -- New Zealand -- Drama |
| Feature films -- New Zealand |
| East Coast (North Island, N.Z.) -- Drama |
| New Zealand -- Social life and customs -- Drama |
| Additional Author |
Tamahor, Lee |
| Morrison, Temuera |
| Brunning, Nancy |
| Moriarty, Jim, 1953- |
| Keefe, Akuhata |
| Ihimaera, Witi, 1944- Bulibasha : king of the gypsies. |
| Additional |
The patriarch |
