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Whina

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Trailblazing Maori leader Dame Whina Cooper spends her life breaking boundaries, speaking for the rights of Maori, and fighting for the land.

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Tim Grierson Screen International The film opts for a sweeping overview, which gives the narrative scope but suffers by not always capturing the inner world of a woman who experienced myriad heartbreaks without losing a sense of herself. Aug 16, 2022 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Whina is given very well-appointed and loving treatment in a story that’s so powerful it rises above the filmmakers’ more sentimental tendencies. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 1, 2023 Full Review Jane Freebury Jane Freebury A respectful tribute to a remarkable activist with strong central performances, but less restraint and more spirit would have gone a long way Rated: 3/5 Nov 20, 2022 Full Review Nadine Whitney FILMINK (Australia) … brings a critical figure in Aotearoan history to vivid, if somewhat sentimentalised, life. Rated: 15/20 Oct 29, 2022 Full Review James Hanton Outtake Mag It is as much a lesson from history as it is a profoundly intimate portrait of an individual, but rides both of these waves with grace and beauty to spare. Rated: 4 / 5 Aug 21, 2022 Full Review Kate Rodger Newshub (NZ) Miriama McDowell and Vinnie Bennett as Dame Whina and William Cooper bring their love story to life, and Rena Owen brings the gravitas and mana wahine as she marched her way down the motu and into the history books. Rated: 4/5 Jun 30, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Trailblazing Maori leader Dame Whina Cooper spends her life breaking boundaries, speaking for the rights of Maori, and fighting for the land.
Director
James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones
Producer
Matthew Metcalfe, Tainui Stephens
Screenwriter
James Lucas, James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones
Production Co
General Film Corporation, Ingenious Media
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
Australian English
Runtime
1h 55m