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Maori Boy Genius

6.0(1)20111h 30m0

“He’s precious, and gifted, a Matakite – a wiseman… but really he’s just a child.” A coming-of-age film profiling future leader Ngaa Rauuira, railing against his people’s statistics of uneducated youth, 40% of prisoners, and alarming suicide rates. Ngaa’s story reveals a family of eight on a modest income, committing to a US$35,000 Yale bill; a weighty tribal expectation that he will be the voice of his people AND bring success in war dance competitions; laughing and crying with best friends, approaching adulthood and diverging pathways. What if we could turn back the clock and watch the minds forming of those who would create political zeitgeist shifts in the future?

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Language
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  • woman director

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Availability for Australia. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Still from Maori Boy Genius

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Release dates

  • New ZealandNZ

    • Theatrical12 Nov 2011

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Maori Boy Genius was released on 12 November 2011.

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