Broken Barrier

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

Duration: 71 min
Release date: 1952-01-01
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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.

Drama Romance

Broken Barrier

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