Crooked Earth 2001

Crooked Earth

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Drama

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

Top Billed Cast

Temuera Morrison

Will Bastion

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Ripeka Bastion

Lawrence Makoare

Kahu Bastion

Quinton Hita

Api

Nancy Brunning

Marama

Mark Nua

Iosefa

Release Date 2001-08-23
Runtime 0m
Directors Sam Pillsbury, David Gribble
Producers Robin Scholes, Peter Beilby, Henri Dorlet, Ernst Goldschmidt
Writers Greg McGee, Waihoroi Shortland, Gavin Strawhan, Michael Brindley, Karin Altmann, John Dingwall