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Lambs
Short Film (Full Length) – 2011
They have really incredible stories about their own backgrounds. There's a lot of similarities in their stories often, coming from homes of abuse and neglect. I felt pretty disturbed at this, and felt like 'why is this still happening in our developed country?– Director Sam Kelly on the real-life inspirations for Lambs, in a Kapi-Mana News interview, 7 February 2012
Really captures a tough uncompromising world in a very compelling way. I loved the central character’s heroism. It reminded me of Once Were Warriors in the best possible way.– Roger Donaldson, who chose the six finalists in the 2012 NZ Film Festival New Zealand's Best Short Film competition
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