UPROAR

By Paul MIDDLEDITCH

BLUE FOX ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR

Family - Completed 2022

A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2023
Special Presentations
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Family, Sport
    • Countries
    • NEW ZEALAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Paul MIDDLEDITCH
    • Synopsis
    • In New Zealand, 1981, Josh Waaka is a 17-year-old square peg in the round, rugby-obsessed hole that is St Gilbert’s College. Meanwhile, the Springboks rugby team, representing Apartheid-era South Africa, are touring New Zealand, sparking nationwide protests and dividing the country. Josh's newfound passion for acting, as well as a greater awareness of his Māori heritage, sends him tumbling headlong into conflict where he is forced to either conform or stand up for himself, his whānau (family) and his future. Uproar is the funny and heartwarming story of a young man's battle to find his true voice, set against the volatile backdrop of New Zealand's fight for its national identity.