Kia Ora e te whaanau. 'Ka Whawhai Tonu' is on Māori Plus if interested. #Aotearoa #IndgFilmClub #Māori #Indigedon

https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/movie/ka-whawhai-tonu-struggle-without-end

Watch Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End | MĀORI+ | Whakaata Māori

Set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1864, Ka Whawhai Tonu tells the story of a pivotal battle in the first New Zealand land wars in the Waikato region. A battle fought with impossible odds between Māori and the Colonial forces.

MĀORI+

Chelsea Winstanley: 'Don't put your own dreams aside' #ChelseaWinstanley #Māori #IndgFilmClub #Indigedon #Documentary #MāoriArt #TOITŪVisualSovereignty

In her debut feature documentaryTOITŪ Visual Sovereignty, award-winning film producer Chelsea Winstanley goes behind the scenes of a landmark Māori art exhibition.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/chelsea-winstanley-don-t-put-your-own-dreams-aside

Chelsea Winstanley: 'Don't put your own dreams aside'

In her debut feature documentaryTOITŪ Visual Sovereignty, award-winning film producer Chelsea Winstanley goes behind the scenes of a landmark Māori art exhibition.

RNZ
Kōkā puts Māori storytelling, healing, and Matariki at the heart of its journey

Director Kath Akuhata-Brown says it's time for a story that heals, not harms and shows the beauty of being Māori.

RNZ

Story of haka party incident coming to the big screen #Māori #HakaPartyIncident #Film #IndgFilmClub #IndigenousFilm #Indigedon

A new documentary is putting the spotlight back on a 1979 dispute over a drunken haka.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/25/story-of-haka-party-incident-coming-to-the-big-screen/

Story of haka party incident coming to the big screen

A new documentary sheds light on the 1979 altercation that was almost forgotten.

1News

AMC Networks Celebrates Native American Heritage Month With Launch of ‘Indigenous Rising Stars’ Short Films Series #IndgFilmClub #Indigedon #Indigenous

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/amc-networks-indigenous-stories-collection-1236218262/

AMC Networks Launches “Celebrating Indigenous Stories” Collection

AMC Networks has released a collection of television and film content from and by Indigenous creatives.

Variety
Cliff Curtis: Te Urewera raid inspired film, Muru

Kiwi actor Cliff Curtis is a critically acclaimed Hollywood actor with a string of starring roles working with A-list directors and performers. But his heart is with the stories of Aotearoa New Zealand. The latest is Muru, a fictional action thriller whose story begins with the 2007 real-life, so-called 'anti-terror' police raids in a remote township in Te Urewera. Cliff Curtis is a co-producer, and actor in Muru and plays a community police officer caught in the middle of the unfolding events. The film also features Tame Iti, a police target for arrest in the 2007 raids, as himself. Curtis' roles in NZ made productions stretch back to the early 90's, including Desperate Remedies, Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider.

RNZ

Reminds me, on the anniversary of the 2007 police raids on Ngāi Tūhoe, that I still need to see MURU (2022). #Muru #Tūhoe #Māori #Film #IndigenousFilm #IndgFilmClub

https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/international/showcase/muru

Muru

Taffy (Cliff Curtis) on horseback - Muru 2022 © Jawbone Pictures, Wheke Group Limited. Photo Christopher Pryor Inspired by actual 2007 events, Muru is a response to the illegitimate raids by Government armed forces on the people of Tūhoe.

New Zealand Film Commission
Inside Ōtautahi’s first te ao Māori film festival

Mātaki Mai kicks off in Ōtautahi next month. We spoke to the organiser about what it means for the city.

The Spinoff
Moana Jackson: Portrait of a Quiet Revolutionary

YouTube
The Australian Wars review – a furious exposé of a place that celebrates murderous white settlers

Wide-ranging, unflinching and horrifying, this documentary lets Indigenous people speak out about centuries of legalised killing. No wonder it created shockwaves

The Guardian