Broken Barrier

Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.

Director: Roger Mirams, John O'Shea

Cast: Kay Ngarimu, Terence Bayler, Myra Hapi, George Ormond, Dorothy Tansley, F.W. French, Lily Te Nahu, Bill Merito

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.