White Lies is a story about the nature of identity: those who deny it and those who strive to protect it.
Paraiti (Whirimako Black) is a medicine woman. She is the healer and midwife of her rural, tribal people...
New Zealand Production
Feature2013Drama96.00 minutes
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
Based on the novella Medicine Woman by Witi Ihimaera
2013: Toronto International Film Festival
Directors
Dana Rotberg
Producers
John Barnett
Chris Hampson
Screenplay Writers
Dana Rotberg
Executive Producers
Rosa Bosch
Cast
Whirimako Black Paraiti
Rachel House Maraea
Antonia Prebble Rebecca
Crew
Christina Asher|
Casting
Catherine Madigan|
Line Producer
James Hayday|
Sound Design
Tracey Collins|
Designer
John Psathas|
Composer
Alun Bollinger|
Director of Photography
Paul Sutorius|
Editor
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