Location: | New Zealand |
Subject: | History |
Length: | 83 minutes |
Format: | 1/2 inch VHS; DVD |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 2000 |
Series: | |
Director: | Barry Barclay |
Producer: | Ruth Kaupua Panapa |
Distributor: | He Taonga Films, in association with the New Zealand Film Commission |
Library Code: | UHM AV/C DVD 10002 |
Description: | A documentary based on Michael King's novel, Moriori, the Feathers of Peace, about the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands. The film exposes the tragedy that befell a group of people who lived and died by their tradition of peace. Traces the history of the Moriori people through short stories told in a series of intercut interviews on the impact that M¯aori and Pakeha had on the rights to their land and destruction of their people and culture. |
Record No: | 2455 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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