Broken Barrier (1952)
A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!
Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.
- Date of release
- 1952-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Roger Mirams, John O'Shea
Casting
- Kay Ngarimu — Rawi
- Terence Bayler — Tom Sullivan
- Myra Hapi — Kiri
- George Ormond — Alec
- Dorothy Tansley — Mrs. Sullivan
- F.W. French — Mr. Sullivan
- Lily Te Nahu — Maata
- Bill Merito — Johnny
Interesting facts
Broken Barrier is a 1952 New Zealand film. It was directed and produced by John O'Shea (director) and Roger Mirams, and written by O'Shea. It starred Kay Ngarimu and Terence Bayler, and also featured Myra Hapi Smith, Bill Merito and George Ormond.
Production
The film was the first real attempt at a feature film to be produced in New Zealand since the end of World War II and was filmed on a shoestring budget, and as such was fairly rudimentary and naive, yet was also important at re-establishing the New Zealand film industry.
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