The Lascar (2024)
35m
Running Time
August 11, 2024Release Date
Plot.
At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has been abandoned on the coast of Aotearoa NZ by the East India Company, alongside his sealing gang. When Dasa finds himself in the middle of a conflict between his abusive British superior and two Māori traders, he is faced with a choice: bend the knee or take a stand.
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Cast & Crew.

Vinith Shiva
Dasa

Mark Matthews
Freddie

Tanea Heke
Māia

Mohammad Kunwar
Mamun

Frederick Pokai
Rui

Finn McCauley
Gunther

Ian Blackburn
Oswald

Poonam Batra Malhotra
Poetic Narration

Adi Parige
Writer / Director / Editor / Producer

Matt Asunder
Producer

Jessica George
Producer

Jenna Eriksen
Director of Photography

Louis Joblin
Production Design

John McKay
Executive Producer

Jess Charlton
Executive Producer

Jose Jugo
Original Music Composer

Rao Parige
Producer
Details.
Release DateAugust 11, 2024
StatusReleased
Running Time35m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
maori
sailor
british history
british colonialism
indian
lascar
indian history
aotearoa
settler colonialism
new zealand history
indian sailor