Once Were Warriors

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New Zealand film drama film film

Once Were Warriors is a powerful 1994 New Zealand drama film depicting the struggles of a Māori family facing poverty, violence, and cultural disconnection.

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Label	Occurrences
Once Were Warriors canonical	6
Once Were Warriors (novel)	1
Once Were Warriors (stage and screen legacy)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Alan Duff ⓘ
awardReceived	New Zealand Film and TV Award for Best Actor ⓘ New Zealand Film and TV Award for Best Actress ⓘ New Zealand Film and TV Award for Best Director ⓘ New Zealand Film and TV Award for Best Film ⓘ
basedOn	Once Were Warriors self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Once Were Warriors (novel)
character	Beth Heke ⓘ Bully ⓘ Grace Heke ⓘ Jake "The Muss" Heke ⓘ Nig Heke ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Stuart Dryburgh ⓘ
classification	R18 (New Zealand) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	New Zealand ⓘ
depictsEthnicGroup	Māori people ⓘ
director	Lee Tamahori ⓘ
distributor	Fine Line Features ⓘ
editedBy	Michael J. Horton ⓘ surface form: Michael Horton
filmingLocation	Auckland ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ social realism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Māori ⓘ
mainTheme	Māori urban poverty ⓘ alcoholism ⓘ cultural disconnection ⓘ domestic violence ⓘ
musicBy	Mervyn Sands ⓘ Murray Grindlay ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of domestic violence ⓘ impact on New Zealand cinema ⓘ portrayal of Māori family life ⓘ
producer	Robin Scholes ⓘ
productionCompany	Communicado ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork	1990 ⓘ
releaseDate	1994-05-27 ⓘ
releaseYear	1994 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	102 ⓘ
screenwriter	Riwia Brown ⓘ
sequel	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted ⓘ surface form: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
sequelReleaseYear	1999 ⓘ
setIn	Auckland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ
stars	Cliff Curtis ⓘ Julian Arahanga ⓘ Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell ⓘ Rena Owen ⓘ Temuera Morrison ⓘ

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Stuart Dryburgh → notableWork → Once Were Warriors ⓘ

Temuera Morrison → notableWork → Once Were Warriors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Once Were Warriors (stage and screen legacy)

Cliff Curtis → notableWork → Once Were Warriors ⓘ

New Zealand film industry → knownFor → Once Were Warriors ⓘ

Once Were Warriors → basedOn → Once Were Warriors self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Once Were Warriors (novel)

Lee Tamahori → notableWork → Once Were Warriors ⓘ

Lee Tamahori → directed → Once Were Warriors ⓘ