Broken Barrier

Broken Barrier

Infobox Film
name = Broken Barrier


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director = John O'Shea
Roger Mirams
producer = John O'Shea
Roger Mirams
writer = John O'Shea
narrator =
starring = Kay Ngarimu
Terence Bayler
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cinematography =
editing =
distributor = NZ Film Archives
released = 1952
runtime = 69 min.
country = New Zealand
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0219565

"Broken Barrier" is a 1952 New Zealand film. It was directed and produced by John O'Shea (director) and Roger Mirams, and written by O'Shea. It starred Kay Ngarimu and Terence Bayler, and also featured Mira Hape, Bill Merito and George Ormond.

"Broken Barrier" premiered on 10 July 1952. Filmed in black and white, it had a running length of 69 minutes. The film was the first real attempt at a feature film to be produced in New Zealand since the end of World War II and was filmed on a shoestring budget, and as such was fairly rudimentary and naive, yet was also important at re-establishing the New Zealand film industry.

The film addresses mistrust and prejudice between Pākehā and Māori in New Zealand, portraying a romance between a Pākehā man and a Māori woman. The film was somewhat controversial at its release.

The film is about the relationship between Tom Sullivan, a Pākehā journalist, and Rawi, a Māori woman. Sullivan meets Rawi while researching articles on rural Māori life, and he stays for a time with Rawi's family. Rawi's family disapproves of her relationship with a Pākehā man, ending in a quarrel. Later, however, the two are re-united in the city, where Rawi goes to work as a nurse. The two resume their romance, but this time meet with opposition from Sullivan's family and friends, who do not wish him to be involved with a Māori woman. Sullivan eventually comes to agree with their views, and the couple separate once again. Sullivan has a change of heart, however, when he saved from a fire by a Māori friend's sacrifice. Sullivan and Rawi are reunited.

External links

* [http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/FilmCatalogue/Films/Broken-Barrier.aspx New Zealand Film Commission page on Broken Barrier]
*imdb title|id=0219565|title=Broken Barrier

References

*Martin, H. & Edwards, S. (1997). "New Zealand Film 1912-1996." Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1.


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