The King Boys

Director’s Notes - Christopher Clark “My grandfathers served in New Zealand’s armed forces for the duration of World War Two. Returning to their families as changed men, their selfless duty and subsequent lives as...

New Zealand Production

Short 2006 Drama 15.00 minutes

Rangithumb

A boy wrestles to resurrect his family's buried dream. Clinging to the memory of his father who never returned from the war, a boy suffers the moods of his shell shocked uncle. But when he uncovers a buried family legacy, the boy takes over his father's mantel in an effort to make his family happy once more.

2006 - New Zealand International Film Festival

2007 - San Diego Asian Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival

Show Me Shorts Film Festival

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival

2023 - Matariki Korikori Film Festival Cook Islands

Directors

Christopher Clark

Producers

Fraser Clark

Screenplay Writers

Christopher Clark

Executive Producers

Catherine Fitzgerald

Cast

Rangi Ngamoki
Boy

Karlos Drinkwater
Uncle

Grant Tilly
Earl

Crew

Adam Clark | Director of Photography

John Harding | Production Designer

Production Company

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