The Waimate Conspiracy
2.8
“It's all about the cannon ball.”
The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly contested claim eventually ends up in the District Court and on the lens of cameraman Dave who captures all the arguments, frauds and forgeries of the townspeople, in a cinema verité mockumentary style.
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12 people
David McPhail
Judge Henry
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Passion in Paradise
Jim Moriarty
George Kepa
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A Difficult Woman
Vegas
Gerard Smyth
Stefen Harris
Beverley Harris
Helen Pearse Otene
Xena Kepa
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One Thousand Ropes
Christmas
Hirini Melbourne
Janice Gray
Delia McMillan
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Quentin Wilson
Natalie Glubb
Mark Hadlow
Mr. Glue QC
Known for
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
King Kong
Richard Nunns
Stefen Harris Director · Stefen Lewis Screenplay Hirini Melbourne Composer
Budget $20K · First release August 15, 2006 · Produced in New Zealand
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Budget
$20,000
Production
Hazard Press Productions
Production
Dark Horse Films
Production
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · August 15, 2006
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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