Reel Hori: Challenging Maori Stereotypes on Screen
A Writer’s Room presented in association with Nga Aho Whakaari…
Are Maori filmmakers guilty of perpetuating stereotypes of Maori characters?
Join writer/producers Brad Haami (Mataku, Taonga), Christina Milligan (Nights in the Gardens of Spain, The End of the Golden Weather) and actor/writer Kirk Torrance (Strata, Outrageous Fortune), with MC writer/producer Quintin Hita (The Speaker, Kowhao Rau) to discuss how we see ourselves versus how the world sees us, and the challenges facing Maori filmmakers in portraying truthful characters on the page and the screen.
Stay afterwards for a drink and a free slice of pizza courtesy of Toto’ Pizza.
Drinks 7pm, 7.30 start, Tuesday 28 June, The Classic, 321 Queen Street, Auckland, $5 koha appreciated.
The Classic, 321 Queen Street, Auckland
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