Broken Barrier (1952)
1h 11m
Running Time
January 1, 1952Release Date
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
Rawi
Terence Bayler
Tom Sullivan
Myra Hapi
Kiri
George Ormond
Alec
Dorothy Tansley
Mrs. Sullivan
F.W. French
Mr. Sullivan
Lily Te Nahu
Maata
Bill Merito
Johnny
Media.
Details.
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.
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