A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Casts Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver, Rhys Darby, James Rolleston, Erana James, Ihaka Kelly, Mabelle Dennison, Jada Fa’atui, Aleni Tufuga, Craig Hall
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R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
Empire of Light
Shin Kamen Rider
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
Song of Victory
Impact
Wakan
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Hope and a Little Sugar
Take a Giant Step
In the Dark
I Passed for White
Big Fella
Mandela and de Klerk
Birthright
The Sheriff
Pure Race
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
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R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1983
An isolated, overweight girl with a penchant for shoplifting, gets pushed from pillar to post as the authorities struggle to know what to do with her.Empire of Light
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 2022
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.Shin Kamen Rider
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2023
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 1938
Johnny Smith enters an America where the Indians behave like 1930s average Americans. When he is arrested, the girl Poker Huntas rescues and elopes with him.Song of Victory
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1942
A vulture, a gorilla and a hyena (“with no small resemblances to actual dictators”) bully the woodland animals, who eventually fight back, using the letter V as their victory symbol.Impact
IMDB 2 | Nov , 1988
New York City is in a panic caused by an insane murderer; Maria, a police officer is entrusted with the case; to do this, she pretends to be a prostitute. One night, she meets a possible suspect who holds her and her partner hostage.Wakan
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2004
When Ferrel White-Owl moves to a small Midwestern town, he falls for a girl who's father objects to their relationship.Quantos mais?
IMDB 9 | Aug , 2021
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
IMDB 4 | Apr , 1979
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.Hope and a Little Sugar
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2006
Ali (Amit Sial) is a photographer and bike messenger who lives in New York. He develops a friendship and falls in love with a married woman, Saloni Oberoi (Mahima Chaudhry). When her husband, Harry Oberoi (Vikram Chatwal), is killed during the September 11 attacks, Harry's father, a retired Colonel (Anupam Kher), begins to take his aggressions out on Ali for being a Muslim. Although Mrs. Oberoi (Suhasini Mulay) tries to stop the Colonel's behavior, the situation escalates as the Colonel, himself, becomes the target of social post-9/11 aggression directed towards him because he is a Sikh. (Wikipedia)Take a Giant Step
IMDB 4.9 | Dec , 1959
After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.In the Dark
IMDB 3.4 | Apr , 2006
A Hollywood messenger must endure cruelty and humiliation as he struggles for a chance to succeed. But when he's offered a lucrative opportunity, he must decide between compromising his closest friendship or giving his racist bosses the retribution they so richly deserve.I Passed for White
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1960
A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.Big Fella
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1938
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.Mandela and de Klerk
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1997
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.Birthright
IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 1938
After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.The Sheriff
IMDB 5.3 | Mar , 1971
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.Pure Race
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1995
Two college students, one white and one black, share a ride home from college. When their car breaks down in a small town in Idaho, they unsuspectingly stumble upon a white supremacist group and must fight for their lives.If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
IMDB 5.3 | Oct , 1968
James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Leslie Whitlock (Kevin McCarthy) offers James money to kill his wife, Ellen (Dana Wynter). He declines and tries to look up his old flame Lily (Barbara McNair), but discovers his own brother is now married to the sultry nightclub singer. James returns to Leslie, and the trio travel towards a mountain retreat. James and Ellen escape and try to find the murderer who had framed James years before.Old Scores
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1991
Former Welsh rugby hero Bleddyn Morgan has his life in New Zealand interrupted by a deathbed confession that leads to a replay of a controversial 1966 All Blacks/Wales rugby match - with the original teams. The now old men pull on their jerseys one more time while Morgan deals with his past on his return home.