Crooked Earth

Aug 23, 2001

★ 6.2

Overview

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Communicado Productions

Pandora

New Zealand Film Commission

NZ on Air

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Cast

Will Bastion

Temuera Morrison

Ripeka Bastion

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Kahu Bastion

Lawrence Makoare

Api

Quinton Hita

Marama

Nancy Brunning

Iosefa

Mark Nua

Pettigrew

Sydney Jackson

Tipene

George Henare

Sergeant Ropiha

Calvin Tuteao

Timo

Stan Wolfgramm

Huiarangi

Sela Apera

Gus

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