Broken Barrier
Release Date: 1952-01-01
Overview: 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.
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Kay Ngarimu
as Rawi
Terence Bayler
as Tom Sullivan
Myra Hapi
as Kiri
George Ormond
as Alec
Dorothy Tansley
as Mrs. Sullivan
Crew
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Roger Mirams - Director
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John O'Shea - Director
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Sydney John Kay - Music
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John O'Shea - Writer
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Roger Mirams - Director of Photography
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