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Apron Strings
Film (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras) – 2008
In Samoan-born director Sima Urale's first feature, two mothers from very different Aotearoa cultures find the courage to confront the secrets of the past, in order to set their sons free. Hard-working Lorna runs an old-fashioned cake shop and lives with her unemployed son. For Anita, star of an Indian cooking show, things come to a head when her son decides to meet her estranged sister Tara, who runs a no-frills curry house. Apron Strings debuted in the Discovery Section of the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. It won four Qantas awards, including for actors Jennifer Ludlam and Scott Wills.
Colour can be the visual equivalent of spice. There’s a great deal of both in New Zealand director Sima Urale’s first feature-length film.– Listener reviewer David Larsen, 16 August 2008
Key Cast & Crew
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Acknowledgements
Made with funding from the NZ Film Commission, NZ On Air and Television New Zealand
Music
Music by Mark Petrie
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