White Lies (2013)
Redemption comes at a price
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
- Date of release
- 2013-06-26
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Dana Rotberg
Casting
- Whirimako Black — Paraiti
- Rachel House — Maraea
- Antonia Prebble — Rebecca
- Nancy Brunning — Horiana
- Te Waimarie Kessell — Aroha
- Kohuorangi Ta Whara — Wirepa
- Elizabeth Hawthorne — Matron
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
White Lies - Tuakiri Huna is a 2013 New Zealand film directed by Dana Rotberg and stars Whirimako Black, Antonia Prebble, and Rachel House. It is based on the novella Medicine Woman by Witi Ihimaera. Regarded as an excellent portrayal of colonial oppression in New Zealand, the film deals with the impacts of the Tohunga Suppression Act upon Māori traditions surrounding childbirth.
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