The Black Legacy

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Title

The Black Legacy

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NZ On Screen

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In this 2014 documentary, singer Whirimako Black explores the World War II experience of her late father Stewart Black (who enlisted as Tai Paraki), and its legacy for his whānau. With her daughter Ngatapa — also a singer — Whirimako returns to Cassino in Italy. The 1944 battle helped forge the reputation of the Māori Battalion, but they suffered heavy losses, and it left survivors like Paraki with trauma and shame. The pair respond in word and song to the place — and to their koro’s memories...

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Video

Date created

2014

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-black-legacy-2014

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urupa / cemetery / waiata / bomb / karakia / whakamā / italy / ngatapa black / world war two / italian campaign / second world war / maori battalion / monte cassino / mine / monastery / freyberg / veteran / whanau / whānau / psd / trauma / shell shock / shell-shock / māori television / tuhoe / nz on air / new zealand on air / shellshock / tai black

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