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• Once Were Warriors | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori (The Edge) directed this brutal but powerful story drawn from the culture of poverty and alienation enveloping contemporary Maori life. Rena Owen plays the beleaguered mother of two boys--one of whom is already in prison while the other contemplates membership in a gang--and a daughter whose potential is being smothered at home. Temuera Morrison gives an outstanding and sometimes shocking performance as the violent head of the household, more adept at keeping up his social stature within his community of friends than holding down a job. Once Were Warriors pulls no punches, literally and figuratively, but despite the rough going, Tamahori gives us a rare and important insight into a disenfranchised people digging down deep to find their pride. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Whale Rider | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £5.53   |  Saving you £9.72 (227.63%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Award-winning and magical story of a young Maori girl's struggle to fulfill her destiny in a small coastal town in New Zealand.

• What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted? | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The much awaited sequel to the internationally acclaimed box-office smash Once Were Warriors. This film exposes a seedier view of urban New Zealand and its gang culture. Jake the Muss (Temuera Morrison) has turned his back on his family and is up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's bar unaware as he downs his latest opponent that his son has died in a gang fight.