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Rain of the Children revisits the subject of a documentary Vincent Ward made, in 1978, aged 21. In Spring One Plants Alone told the story of 80-year-old Puhi, who lived with her schizophrenic son in the isolated Urewera. This follow-up film - part detective doco, part historical re-enactment - focuses on Puhi's life. She married the son of Māori prophet Rua Kenana, had 14 children, and after a series of tragedies, believed herself to be cursed. The Hollywood Reporter found it stunning, "compelling in its personal detail and almost mythic in its sweep".
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Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another doco about the world of the Tuhoe
2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Achievement in Original Music in Film (John Gibson and Jack Body)
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2010
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Lee
Posted at 01.51AM - 01.04.2010
A brilliant but extremely sad movie. I couldn't understand and still don't understand why Puhi was literally abandoned by all her family and the Maori people. Supposedly Maori are family-orientated; that clearly was not evident in this movie. Totally gut-wrenching and a must watch to believe it for yourselves.