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Patu! (1983)
Directed by Merata Mita
“New Zealand's Eight Week Civil War”
Documentary · 1h 52m
In 1981, the New Zealand government invited the South African rugby team to tour New Zealand. This effectively split the country in half. Patu! is the story of the protest movement, HART (halt all racist tours). This documentary shows footage of protester meetings, rugby games and various beatings meted out to protesters from police.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Merata Mita
- Editor
- Annie Collins
- Producer
- Merata Mita
Details
- Release date
- 1983-07-23
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Maori
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- Awatea Films, New Zealand Film Commission