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Tama Tū
Short Film (Full Length) – 2004
(The film is) a tribute to all those soldiers of 28 Battalion who were lost and to the mana and lives of those who were not. It is a film made by us for them that we now take to the world in their honour.– Tama Tū press kit
They are a bunch of young men, all Maori, from rural New Zealand (possibly some are related), who have a special bond, strengthened by their character, their culture and each other. They are a tight unit, they know each other and care for each other, they are brothers. But most of all they are young boys.– Director Taika Waititi, in the Tama Tū press kit
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