Broken Barrier (1952)

Name: Broken Barrier
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1952-01-01

1h 11m

Running Time

Plot.

Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.

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Cast & Crew.

Kay Ngarimu

Terence Bayler

Myra Hapi

George Ormond

Dorothy Tansley

F.W. French

Lily Te Nahu

Bill Merito

Roger Mirams

Director / Director of Photography

John O'Shea

Director / Writer

Sydney John Kay

Music

Ian Houston

Sound

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1952

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 11m

Genres
Romance Drama

Wiki.

Broken Barrier is a 1952 New Zealand film. It was directed and produced by John O'Shea (director) and Roger Mirams, and written by O'Shea. It starred Kay Ngarimu and Terence Bayler, and also featured Myra Hapi Smith, Bill Merito and George Ormond.

The film addresses mistrust and prejudice between Pākehā and Māori in New Zealand, portraying a romance between a Pākehā man and a Māori woman. The film was somewhat controversial at its release.