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Hitch Hike

Hitch Hike
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Title
Hitch Hike
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NZ On Screen
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This short film follows a teenage hitchhiker (Aaron McGregor) in search of his birth mother. The apprehension of the journey is heightened when he gets picked up by a mean-looking Māori (Calvin Tuteao) with a swastika tattooed on his face. The boy's great expectations wind up being realised in different ways than he might have imagined. The dramatic debut from actor-director Matthew Saville, Hitch Hike thumbed a ride to international festivals, from Tampere to Durban; the “emotionally engagin...

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Video
Date created
2011
URL
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hitch-hike-2011
Related subjects
hitch hiking / hitch-hiking / parent / parenting / swanndri / tattoo / fly my pretties / rural / hitchhiking / adoption / travel

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