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The Haka
Short Film (Full Length) – 2021
What do you think they're singing about?– A soldier wonders what the German songs mean
Sir, we don't play football...we play rugby.– The Kiwi soldiers want to play rugby
Meri Kirihimete!– Soldiers shout across no man's land
Just having the opportunity to be put in the shoes of my ancestors, even if it was just for a few days, it was ... something that I'll forever take with me.– Actor Fredrick Pokai (Hemi) tells TVNZ's Te Karere he is thankful for the opportunity to act in the film
The Haka is a beautiful film on a terrible war which caused millions of deaths. But this film, with humour and sensitivity, gives us faith and hope in humanity. It is a film that we have to share to remember that there were wars, but also that they can be avoided if we share our mutual cultures. I am very happy to be able to share it with the French audience.– Bernard Bories, President of French festival Cinéma des Antipodes, in a 14 July 2021 press release
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