For the month of February, we will be throwing it back to the early 2000's with classic romance films every Wednesday night at the Palladium and Casa Blanca starting February 8th at 7:30pm. Join us each week and enjoy your favorite love stories on the big screen with themed cocktails and fun souvenir items!
White Lies - Tuakiri Huna is a 2013 New Zealand film directed by Dana Rotberg and stars Whirimako Black, Antonia Prebble, and Rachel House. It is based on the novella Medicine Woman by Witi Ihimaera. Regarded as an excellent portrayal of colonial oppression in New Zealand, the film deals with the impacts of the Tohunga Suppression Act upon Māori traditions surrounding childbirth.[2][3]
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The film premiered in New Zealand cinemas on 27 June 2013.[6] It screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[7][8] The film was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.[9]
Throughout the process of adaptation, Rotberg was careful to respect and honour the Māori story at the centre of the narrative. Born and raised in Mexico, Rotberg moved to New Zealand in 2002 after watching Whale Rider, a film also based on a story by Ihimaera.[16] Rotberg worked closely with cultural advisors Kararaina Rangihau, Tangiora Tawhara and Whitiaua Ropitini, and claimed that the advisors formed an "integral part"[17] of the scriptwriting and production process, and that [e]very word was approved."[17] She also read prodigiously about Tuhoe and spent time in Te Urewera in preparation for the film.[18]
The film has been commended as a "sincere, heartfelt attempt to enter into and convey a Maori story told through Maori eyes" that is "doubly commendable because it is written and directed by a film-maker who was born, and learned her craft, in Mexico."[19]
Rotberg has also spoken of a deep personal connection with Ihimaera's novella, and has stated that the story spoke to her in a way that transcended boundaries of race and culture. While careful to adapt the script with cultural integrity, Rotberg felt compelled to infuse the story with her own identity "as a filmmaker and as a human being."[20]
Embarking on the process of adaptation, Rotberg asked Ihimaera for "freedom and independence from him an author" to transform Medicine Woman into the final screenplay for White Lies - Tuakiri Huna.[21] She made several marked changes to the novella's original storyline. In the original novella, Maraea is subject to Rebecca's wishes.[22] In the film, however, Maraea is conceived as the "puppet-master" of the story, pulling strings and controlling the actions of the other female protagonists.[4] Importantly, in the film, Paraiti decides to save the unborn child prior to finding out its true identity. Rotberg believed this to be of great importance, claiming it would illustrate a greater storyline of humanity and redemption.[22]
It has also been suggested that the traditional practice of burying the whenua carries significance in the broader context of land rights in New Zealand, as it illustrates the deep connection that is established with the land and reinforces responsibility and stewardship.[13] In Māori cosmology, the word whenua has a double meaning, meaning both placenta and land.[13] It has been suggested that there are numerous examples of words and concepts in Māori culture that carry double meanings and "illustrate the importance of reproduction, birth and mothering to the survival, strength and vibrancy of Māori communities."[13] For Rotberg, motherhood is the primal and universal symbol of identity, continuity and life."[23] The symbol of motherhood within the film is, according to her:
The New Zealand Herald has commended the film's female-driven storyline, noting the absence of any significant male characters.[19] It has been noted that the film passes the Bechdel Test, which is used as a measure of female representation in fiction requiring multiple female protagonists whose lives, conversations and actions do not revolve around men.[17] It has also been suggested that the female-driven storyline is reflective of Rotberg's broader work in the feminist film tradition.[17]
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This flick is a distinctive and haunting oddity , concerning about a winged serpent , a dragonlike , which carries out creepy killings , happening in N.Y. City . A pair of detectives (David Carradine , Richard Roundtree) are investigating the strange events . As the giant winged bird hungry for sunbathers and rooftop construction workers . Thanks help a delinquent (Michael Moriarty) who encounters the monster's hidden nest on the Chrisler building , detective Sheperd discovers that several murders committed in violent manner have been executed as bloody sacrifices to Aztec God named Quetzalcóatl , a feathered serpent whose two halves are a serpent and a bird .This is a rough-edged chiller and results to be an entertaining return to monster movies from the 50s . Simple and stop-motion monster special effects by recently deceased David Allen , usual to 'Full moon' and 'Empire' Factory . Good cast as an overacting Michael Moriarty and David Carradine , Richard Roundtree as Police Inspectors ; and nice support casting as Eddie Jones and Candy Clark as crooks'fiancée . The film is well produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff who along with James H. Nicholson financed numerous movies of various genres , including monster movies , during the 50s, 60s , and 70s for their production company called American International Pictures . Atmospheric photography by Fred Murphy who has a successful career as an expert cameraman . The picture was compelling and originally written/realized by Larry Cohen . He's a B series craftsman , such as : terror genre (Stuff , Return to Salem's Lot , It's alive I ,I and Island of the alive) , hard hitting crime films (FX , Ambulance) and Blaxploitation(Black Caesar , Hell up in Harlem , Original gangsters) ; plus , a prestigious screenwriter (Phone booth , The ex , Invasion of privacy) and usually writes all his own scripts . This is a cult movie to be liked for chillers and monster films admirers . 2ff7e9595c
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