The Dark Horse
Jul 17, 2014 | IMDB 6.3
124 min Watch NowDrama, History
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
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