The Gravedigger of Kapu

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice who respects his uncle and doesn’t mind the physical work. However he finds the spiritual...
New Zealand Production
Short 2018 Drama 16.00 minutes
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“You can handle a shovel - but can you handle the truth?”
2018 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival
2019 Sydney Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival

Directors

Libby Hakaraia

Producers

Tainui Stephens

Screenplay Writers

Libby Hakaraia

Cast

Jim Moriarty
Hone
Tanira Cooper
Tana

Crew

Ryan Alexander Lloyd | DOP
Te Rurehe Paki | Editor
Brendan Bourke | Production Design
Stacey Young | Production Design

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