Kerosene Creek

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES - Michael Bennett “Making Kerosene Creek was both a great honour and a significant challenge for me. As a Māori writer and director, this film provided a unique opportunity to explore one of the...

New Zealand Production

Short 2005 Drama 14.00 minutes

In a hot river (Kerosene Creek), running through a deep forest a group of teenagers party. One couple (Wiki and Sonny Boy) bring their younger siblings, Jayde and Mu who are best mates. It’s a volatile and incendiary mix - like kerosene itself. It starts off a day like many others. But what they see, and what happens in that place of heat and steam will change everything - forever. Through the three day funeral, Jayde must face farewelling Mu with their secret intact.