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Ruby and Rata
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 1990
Available to rent and buy via NZ Film On Demand (New Zealand viewers) and Vimeo (elsewhere)
World premiere on 14 July 1990 at Wellington's Embassy Theatre, as part of the 1990 Wellington Film Festival
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