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Matua

Shorts, Drama, Local, Te Ao Māori • 1 Season
Powerful, All the Feels

A young Māori academic agrees to teach te reo Māori to two strangers, uncovering layers to his own past and identity in the process. From the Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2021.

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