Waru

Waru (2017)

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

Date of release
2017-10-19
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Briar Grace Smith, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Paula Whetu Jones

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Zealand

Waru is a 2017 New Zealand semi-anthology drama film about the tangi (funeral) of a small boy named Waru who dies at the hands of his caregiver, and how the boy's death impacts the community.

Production

NZ On Air and New Zealand Film Commission funding was obtained in 2015.

The film consists of eight 10-minute long takes, written and directed by nine Māori women (one on each of the first seven stories, with two on the last one, "Titty & Bash"). The producers issued a challenge to the film-makers: Each story had to have a female lead, begin at 9:59am, and be shot in one day, using one continuous take.

Titty & Bash – Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu & Awanui Simich-Pene

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