Pumanawa: The Gift

Learning that her daughter is serious about a Christian boyfriend, a mother fears it will threaten a spiritual gift both women have inherited. She takes her daughter back to her own tragic past to show how loneliness, hope and faith can turn love...

New Zealand Production

Short 2013 Drama 14.00 minutes

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A mother shares her own tragic past to stop her daughter repeating the same mistake

2013: ImagineNATIVE

2014: Dreamspeakers

Wairoa Maori Film Festival

New Zealand International Film Festival - Ngā Whanaunga

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

International Short Film Festival in Drama

Greece

Hawaii International Film Festival

Directors

Poata Eruera

Producers

Tui Ruwhiu

Poata Eruera

Screenplay Writers

Marie Thompson

Wayne Te Tai

Cast

Ngahuia Piripi
Young Pare

Rawiri Pene
Moses

Nicola Kawana
Spirit Pare

Keporah Torrance
Daughter

Crew

Dave Garbett | Director of Photography

Andrew McGeorge | Director of Photography

Peter Roberts | Editor

Lyn Bergquist | Production Designer

Gareth Van Niekerk | Music

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