Turangawaewae: A Place to Stand

Part of the New Zealand Short Film Collection
 
Duration: 10 minutes 
Year: 2003
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Letterbox
Rating: M
Director: Peter Burger

Tiare (a koro, or old man), a Vietnam war veteran, lives homeless, wandering the city, collecting bits and pieces in his plastic bags. His daughter brings her own daughter to visit and tries yet again to persuade him to return to their ancestral home. He does not wish to go there.

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