One Day In The Life Of Piugattuk
Saturday, 7 September at 8.30pm
Kapuivik, north Baffin Island, 1961. Noah Piugattuk’s nomadic Inuit band live and hunt by dogteam, just as his ancestors did when he was born in 1900. When the white man known as Boss arrives in camp, what appears as a chance meeting soon opens up the prospect of momentous change.
In today’s contentious global media environment, when millions of people have been driven from their homes worldwide, Isuma media art in the UN Year of Indigenous Languages looks at the forced relocation of families from an Inuit point of view. The name Isuma means ‘to think,’ a state of thoughtfulness, intelligence, or an idea. This film illuminates Canada’s relocation of Inuit in the 1950s and 60s, as they seek to reclaim their history and imagine a different future.
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Mahana
Saturday, 14 September at 8.30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals.14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son, is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society. From the author of Whale Rider, the screenwriter of Master and Commander and the producer and director of Once Were Warriors Lee Tamahori comes a profound and enduring tale of rural family life.
The Boy, The Queen And Everything In Between
Thursday, 12 September at 8.40pm on NITV and SBS On Demand, 3 episodes
Jacob (Niwa Whatuira) has been released from prison on good behaviour with one condition: he must get a job within 14 days, or he’ll end up back inside. As time and options run out, Jacob’s last resort is to reach out to the one person who can help him … his dad, Max (Alex Dehar). Max is a famous drag queen in Aotearoa and runs the The Golden Age club, on Krd in Auckland. Things are tense between them after Max never visited Jacob in prison, but he is Jacob’s last, and only, hope.
Among the cast is Spankie Jackzon (Blair Macbeth) winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Down Under S2.
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