Set In Stone

May 16, 2017

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Repairing history | Restoring Memories | Returning a Hero Home

Overview

The race to save the world's only dedicated Māori World War One Memorial from collapse reveals an unknown soldier's heroic story to the community he was once part of.

Genres

Documentary

War

Production Companies

Double Farley Ltd

Set In Stone Trailers

Cast

Narrator

Jay Rerekura

Himself

Rangi Wills

Himself

Detlef Klein

Himself

Mark Whyte

Himself

Aaron Te Rangiao

Herself

Rosemary Tennant

Herself

Virginia Hina

Himself

Marco Buerger

Himself

Adrian Te Patu

Himself

Sonny Barlow

Himself

Greg Donson

Herself

Raewyne Johnson

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

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