Mana Waka (1990)
- Directed by
- Merata Mita
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- New Zealand
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film shows Maori people building traditional waka canoes in the late 1930s for a national celebration. It uses old footage edited together to show the craftsmanship and community effort involved.
documentaryhistoricalnostalgiccontemplativeearthyslow-pacedcommunalmeditative
What happens
Mana Waka is a 1990 New Zealand film documenting the construction of waka for the 1940 centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi. It uses footage shot between 1937 and 1940 by R.G.H Manley, and edited 50 years later by Annie Collins and director Merata Mita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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