Bunga

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Title

Bunga

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NZ On Screen

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Description

Rap collective SWIDT offer up a potent stream of spoken word poetry set to a jazz beat, and inspired by everyday and state racism — including the infamous Dawn Raids. The AMA and Pacific Music Award winning video opens with a Pasifika family eating together. Staring down the camera, actor Chris Alosio dissects the racial slur 'bunga', skewering the history of negative stereotyping of Pasifika people in Aotearoa. When the police arrive, Alosio emerges from his home wearing Polynesian Panther b...

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Video

Date created

2019

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/bunga-2019

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hip hop / jazz / black panthers / pasifika / racism / racist slur / pacific culture / tongan culture / tongan flag / tonga / pasifika kiwis / colonialism / spoken word poetry / swidt / stoneyhunga / 2019 / rap collective / chris alosio / anahera parata / herne bay / auckland / police officers / police lights / rage / generations / rugby / sporting achievements / family / family portrait / family dinner / kitchen / living room / hallway / child / fatherhood / arrest / standing up / testament / personal pride / fighting back / government / state power / abuse / rap / new zealand on air / nz on air / all blacks / dawn raids / police profiling / gentrification / smokeygotbeatz / self-esteem / pākehā nz / anti-racism / protest

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