Broken Barrier
6.5
“A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!”
Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.
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Cast
13 people
Kay Ngarimu
Rawi
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Terence Bayler
Tom Sullivan
Known for
Life of Brian
Macbeth
Roger Mirams
William Maloney
Myra Hapi
Kiri
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John O'Shea
George Ormond
Alec
Dorothy Tansley
Mrs. Sullivan
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F.W. French
Mr. Sullivan
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Lily Te Nahu
Maata
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FW French
Mr. Sullivan
Bill Merito
Johnny
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John O'Shea Director · Roger Mirams Director
First release January 1, 1952 · Produced in New Zealand
Production
Pacific Films
Production · Distribution
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · January 1, 1952
Theatrical
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