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Broken Barrier (1952)

Broken Barrier (1952)

Drama Romance

A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!

Release Date: 1952, January 1
Directors: John O'Shea, Roger Mirams
Countries: New Zealand
Production: Pacific Films
Cast: Terence Bayler, Kay Ngarimu, Myra Hapi, George Ormond, Dorothy Tansley, F.W. French, Lily Te Nahu, Bill Merito

Overview:

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.