Cousins [eVideo]
2021
Streaming Video
Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separated by circumstances, yet bound together by blood. Time passes, and the promise of bringing their stolen cousin home seems less likely than ever, until a one random encounter changes everything. In this adaptation of Patricia Grace's best-selling novel, cousins Mata, Missy and Makareta are separated by thier circumstances, but are inextricably bound together by blood.Orphaned Mata believes she has no whānau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin. Makareta leaves behind cheeky yet dutiful Missy who takes on her role of kaitiaki (guardian) of the land. As the years pass, loss of the family land seems imminent and the women's promise to bring their stolen cousin home seems more unlikely than ever, until a chance encounter changes everything.Three families, and three different times spanning post-war 1940s to the present within the Maori community of Aotearoa New Zealand .
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New Zealand : , 2021.Sydney : Beamafilm Pty. Ltd.
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1 online resource (streaming video file (98 min.) )
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Available online at Beamafilm.Maori,EnglishDescription based on online resource; title from title screen.
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Director, Ainsley Gardiner,Briar Grace-Smith
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Cast: Cast: Tanea Heke,Ana Scotney,Te Raukura Gray,Rachel House,Hariata Moriarty,Keyahne Patrick Williams,Briar Grace-Smith,Tioreore Melbourne,Mihi Te Rauhi Daniels
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M Australian Classification BoardPG New Zealand Classification Board12 BBFC12 Beamafilm or Irish Standards OrganisationPG-13 Beamafilm or American Standards Organisation14A Beamafilm or Canadian Standards Organisation
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Maori
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New ZealandMāoriContemporaryCousinsFamilyWhānauOrphanLandGuardianshipIdentityAdoptionArranged MarriageLawDramaWomenIndigenous
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702381
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