Into Antiquity: A Memory of the Māori Moko

1972
5.5| 0h30m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1972 Released
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This 1972 documentary explores the world of a dying generation of Māori female elders or kuia — “the last of the Māori women with tattooed chins”. Narrator Selwyn Muru extols the place of the kuia in Māori culture, and of wahine tā moko. Among those on screen are 105-year old Ngahuia Hona, who cooks in hot pools, rolls a cigarette, and eats with whānau, and “the oldest Māori” Nga Kahikatea Wirihana, who remembers the Battle of Ōrākau during the land wars, and has outlived four husbands. Into Antiquity was an early documentary from veteran Wayne Tourell.

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Wayne Tourell

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Into Antiquity: A Memory of the Māori Moko Audience Reviews

Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess
Motompa Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.