Crooked Earth
Release Date: 2001-08-23
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.
Rating: 6.2 / 10
Cast
Temuera Morrison
as Will Bastion
Jaime Passier-Armstrong
as Ripeka Bastion
Lawrence Makoare
as Kahu Bastion
Quinton Hita
as Api
Nancy Brunning
as Marama
Crew
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Sam Pillsbury - Director
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Robin Scholes - Producer
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Greg McGee - Writer
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Waihoroi Shortland - Writer
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Don Selwyn - Casting
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