🎬 Documentary

Dread

""I aroha to them. It was not their fault that they had strayed because of the conditioning. Colonisation.""

1996 44m Dir. Merata Mita

About this movie

An East Coast community in Ruatōria, New Zealand attempts to live in autarchy according to the tenets of their movement. Bob Marley, a prophet of our electronic age, is the soundtrack to the everyday lives of these Māori who feel closer to their own roots by observing a blend of Afro-Carribean Rastafarianism and the Ringatū faith. Merata Mita's camera respectfully portrays this singular cultural dialogue. The outsider cultures of Jamaicans, Ethiopians and Māori have come together, vibrating to a common cosmic chord. They find an underground brotherhood, across continents and seas.

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Year
1996
Runtime
44m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Merata Mita 👤 Te Hoko Whitu 👤 Derek Fox 👤 Io
new zealand maori rastafarian east coast

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Dread has a runtime of 44m ( and 44 minutes).
Dread was directed by Merata Mita and released in 1996.
Dread is a Documentary film (1996).
The cast of Dread includes Te Hoko Whitu, Derek Fox, Io, King Glory, Tigi Ness.

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