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Taika Waititi's short film that helped inspire Boy
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Also stars James Rolleston
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Another tale of a Māori East Coast childhood
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Taika Waititi's first feature
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Also stars James Rolleston
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Comedian Mike King travels on the East Coast
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Documentary featuring the East Coast of the North Island
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Music documentary set on the East Coast
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Taika Waititi presents this Living Room episode
Pork Pie
James Rolleston went on to star in this
Pulp Comedy - Series Seven, Episode Three (Taika Waititi)
Taika Waititi’s stand-up comedy
Whānau (2008)
Real life Māori kids in the 21st century
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More Michael Jackson inspired dance
Radiradirah - First Episode
Taika Waititi worked on this in the same period
Golden Boy (Comedy Pilot Week)
James Rolleston also acts in this small-town comedy
Tom's Dairy
Another portrait of growing up in the 1980s
Status Pending
Another film where the director also acts on-screen
Lowdown Dirty Criminals
Also featuring actors James Rolleston & Cohen Holloway
Marvin
Short film about an imaginary friend
Cousins
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cracks me up everytime I watch it :L
I LOVED LOVED LOVED this movie. It is genius, touching funny, beautiful. i was just snotted up crying by the end. Us Brits crammed like sardines in our land would love to live in a place like that. The children were adorable and so was the acceptance of eccentricities. Maoris Rock!
Taking a longer and slower look, I found the meaning in "a painful comedy of growing up".
What astounds me more, is that from all our painful growings, a film such as this can take Maori to the rest of the world. And also bring the rest of the world to Maori.
Its a win win dont you think ? Eventually it is.
E ngā iwi o te motu, me titiro tātau ki muri hei ārahi tātau ki mua
Look to the past to guide us into the future
Maybe it'll be on iTunes to download soon too!
It soo reeminded me of my childhood,and of the fond memories of Michael that I'm sure all us kids of the "80"s share.Hilarious yet ever so touching, I laughed,cryed......every emotion was stirred.
Tumeke Taika. Brilliant work.