Broken Barrier

Broken Barrier

1h 11m 1952 Drama, Romance New Zealand
Budget: - Revenue: -

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.

Director

John O'Shea

Writer

John O'Shea