Cousins

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Cousins

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Pioneering Māori filmmaker Merata Mita spent years trying to turn Cousins into a movie before her death in 2010. The project was picked up by writer/director Briar Grace-Smith and director Ainsley Gardiner. The acclaimed feature is based on Patricia Grace's decade-spanning novel, following three Māori cousins in post-WWll Aotearoa — including Mata, whose removal from her whānau into state care profoundly affects each woman. Later middle-aged Makareta Pairama recognises her lost cousin on a ci...

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Video

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2021

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/cousins-2021

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