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Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999)
Directed by Sam Cruickshank
“In the end you realise money, fame — all those things are nothing if you don't have your health.”
Documentary · 16m
As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at Pākiri beach. With a focus on their personal lives, these highly accomplished wahine Māori are generous in sharing what motivates and challenges them in their mahi — with friendship a recurring theme. Filmed a year after the disbanding of her group Moana and the Moahunters, Maniapoto is particularly vulnerable in her reflections. The film was made by Honours student Sam Cruickshank as part of a Film and Media Studies degree at Auckland University.
Cast
Merata Mita
Crew
- Director
- Sam Cruickshank
- Writer
- Sam Cruickshank
- Producer
- Sam Cruickshank
Details
- Release date
- 1999-07-26
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- University of Auckland