Once Were Warriors: Q&A with Lee Tamahori

Bar/doors open: 6:00PM
Trailers & shorts: 6:40PM
Main feature: 7PM

Followed by Q&A with Lee Tamahori
In-depth Q&A with Lee Tamahori (35mm Presentation)
1995 | 102 min | RP16 Graphic Violence
Director: Lee Tamahori

Cast: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Cliff Curtis

On its 25th Anniversary, Lee Tamahori presents (in person) his raw, uncompromising, moving working-class saga “Once Were Warriors”.

We are beyond proud to present Lee’s personal 35mm print (it’s mint - and never been through a projector) with Lee sticking around to answer questions afterwards.

If you were at our screening of The Edge you will already know what a treat it is to hear Lee talk.

Once Were Warriors offers social realism with a savage kick, depicting a culture whose ties to their own history have been destroyed.

Left floundering in an inhospitable urban world, they have lost touch with their tribal past to become part of a rootless global subculture.

It’s genuinely poignant with the idea of how a collective destiny has gone astray and holds a powerful sense of longing throughout.