Keskidee Aroha (1979)

ALL 07/11/1979 (en) Documentary 54 Min
  • Release
    07/11/1979
  • Production
    Scratch Pictures
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  • Original title
    Keskidee Aroha
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Two cultures learn about each other as a black theatre group from London tours remote Maori communities in New Zealand.

Overview

Keskidee, a small Jamaican bird resilient in the face of hardship, is also the name of a self-help black arts centre in London, and the theatre group who work there. Keskidee's actors and musicians were brought to New Zealand to work with communities who face similar day-to-day dilemmas and who might be encouraged to express their frustrations and anger in drama, poetry and music. Keskidee were to act as a catalyst. the film shows some of their work and their response to the people they met. Tribal elders try to show keskidee the depth of Maori roots in the land, and the complexity and pain of their present struggles: against the loss of Aroha; against the laws of pen and paper; the alienation of their land; the suppression of their language; the devaluation of their people and culture.

  1. Story

  2. Annie Collins

    Editor



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Keskidee Aroha (1979) 54 Min

ALL 07/11/1979 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 07/11/1979
  • Production
    Scratch Pictures
  • Original title Keskidee Aroha
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Two cultures learn about each other as a black theatre group from London tours remote Maori communities in New Zealand.

Overview

Keskidee, a small Jamaican bird resilient in the face of hardship, is also the name of a self-help black arts centre in London, and the theatre group who work there. Keskidee's actors and musicians were brought to New Zealand to work with communities who face similar day-to-day dilemmas and who might be encouraged to express their frustrations and anger in drama, poetry and music. Keskidee were to act as a catalyst. the film shows some of their work and their response to the people they met. Tribal elders try to show keskidee the depth of Maori roots in the land, and the complexity and pain of their present struggles: against the loss of Aroha; against the laws of pen and paper; the alienation of their land; the suppression of their language; the devaluation of their people and culture.

  1. Merata Mita, Martyn Sanderson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Annie Collins

    Editor

  4. Martyn Sanderson, Merata Mita

    Producer