Broken Barrier
A white boy... a maori girl. Facing the challenge of prejudice!
1952 | 71m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Roger Mirams, John O'Shea |
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| Writer: | John O'Shea |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1952 |
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| Director: | Roger Mirams, John O'Shea |
| Writer: | John O'Shea |
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| Production Companies | Pacific Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Kay Ngarimu | Rawi |
| Terence Bayler | Tom Sullivan |
| Myra Hapi | Kiri |
| George Ormond | Alec |
| Dorothy Tansley | Mrs. Sullivan |
| F.W. French | Mr. Sullivan |
| Lily Te Nahu | Maata |
| Bill Merito | Johnny |
| Name | Job |
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| Roger Mirams | Director of Photography, Director |
| John O'Shea | Writer, Director |
| Sydney John Kay | Music |
| Ian Houston | Sound |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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