Purea

Logline: Maori elder Hamo must bear the burden of carrying the spirits of her ancestors to their sacred mountain.

Synopsis: New Zealand. Present Day. Maori elder Hamo, travels to her homeland to pay her respects to her people. When she arrives, the house is empty. She calls on the house to release the spirits of those who have passed on and then carries those spirits to her ancestral river. While there she is overwhelmed by memories of the past. Burdened by that past, she continues the journey to the top of her tribe’s sacred mountain. Amongst a circle of giant carved wooden ancestors she releases the spirits into the warmth of the rising sun. Hamo has finally come home.

1 x 6min Short film – Drama.

No Dialogue. Maori Karanga with English Subs.

Release 2020.

Written/Directed by Kath Akuhata- Brown

Produced by Verity Mackintosh, Julian and Becs Arahanga

OFFICIAL SELECTION:

2022: Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival

2021: Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Wairoa Māori Film Festival

2020: Melbourne Women in Film Festival, NZIFF Whanau Marama, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Market Catalogue.