Broken Barrier

John O'Shea
1952-01-01

A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!
6
71 min

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.