Against the Lights

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Title

Against the Lights

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Based on Witi Ihimaera short story 'The Truth of the Matter', this drama explores racial stereotypes. An assault on a Pākehā taxi driver by his Māori passengers lies at the core of a narrative that takes aim at prejudice in Aotearoa. Each of the four characters offers a different perspective on what happened. In one account, the driver (Gliding On's Ross Jolly) tells his passengers "don’t slam the door Hori!", evoking a time when this popular derogatory term for Māori was about to fall from f...

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Video

Date created

1978

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/against-the-lights-1978

Related subjects

taxi / nga tapuwae college / kean's jeans / rashomon / racism / imprisonment / party / drinking / context / hori / ngā tamatoa / polynesian panthers / ambiguity / subjectivity / point of view / fight / school / teacher / racial tension / whakahou

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