U.S. PREMIERE
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | NEW ZEALAND | 25 MINUTES | English, Maori
Mauri Tu Mauri Ora
Hokia te waoku kia purea ai – Return to the forest and be restored.
A passionate indigenous artist strives to re-awaken a deeper conversation with the natural world.
Māori musician Kelly Kahukiwa is on a mission to re-vitalise ‘Taonga Pūoro’ traditional Māori instruments, raise awareness of threats to forest health, and foster enduring, inter-generational connections with ‘Te Taiao’ (natural world environments) in the Whangārei area of Te Tai Tokerau (Northland, New Zealand).
His approach is informed by Mātauranga Māori (indigenous knowledge systems) and a deep affinity for the unique indigenous flora and fauna of Aotearoa (New Zealand).
CAST & CREDITS
Directed by Daniel Nathan
Daniel has been a creative ‘haututū’ (mischief) his whole life. He has worked in the creative screen and music sector as a musician, composer, audio engineer and in more recent times he has transitioned into story-telling in the medium of documentary film and moving image. His indigenous identity and whakapapa (lines of ancestral descent) inform his work at every level. His varied creative endeavours from film and music making through to whakairo (traditional wood carving) among other pursuits, allow him the space to explore ‘hybrid’ expressions of traditional and contemporary creativity.
Director
Daniel Nathan
Producer
Daniel Nathan
Screenwriter
Daniel Nathan
Key Cast
Kelly Kahukiwa
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Showtimes
Saturday, November 4
Screening: 1:00PM
The ticket will give access to all films
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