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HINEKURA

By Becs ARAHANGA

AWA FILMS LTD - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2018

The story of one young woman’s rite of passage as she steps in to her destiny.

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NZIFF 2019
People Choice
NZIFF 2019
Spirit of Festival
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    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Epic, Art - Culture
    • Countries
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • Languages
    • MAORI
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 17 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Becs ARAHANGA
    • Producer(s)
    • Sharlene GEORGE, Kath AKUHATA-BROWN
    • Synopsis
    • Aotearoa:1600’s While playing games with her friend Tama (13), Hine (also 13) gets her first bleed. Protective and gentle, Tama escorts her to her mother. The whanau joyously send her to a distant site set aside for sacred female rituals. She is accompanied by other women from the tribe, including her mother Marama, her sister Rona and a warrior, Te Haeata.

      When they arrive, Hinekura experiences her first ritual into womanhood. However Hine isn’t ready to let her childhood go, so after setting up camp that night Hine sneaks back to the river to find Tama. She just wants to continue playing their games. But, Tama aware of the importance of this time, tells her to return.

      She returns to find Te Haeata waiting for her near
      the campsite. Te Haeata begins to induct Hine into the school of weaponry. As they walk back to the camp,
      Te Haeata speaks to Hine about her role, but is cut short when she sees a stranger peering at them from in the bush. Hine and Te Haeata swiftly return to the camp where the women are waiting anxiously for her. Hine begins for the first time, to reflect on her role within the tribe as she watches Te Haeata guard them. The next day, Hine, feeling sorry for herself, retreats from everyone seeking solace at the lake. Her sister joins her. As they talk, the stranger from the other night arrives and tries to drag Rona away. Hine picks up her stick and fights the stranger knocking him down just as Te Haeata arrives. The event changes her as she finally understands her place as a protector of her people.
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