Settlers’ Film Club Next Showing: Mahana – This Friday – 29 July 8pm

SETTLERS FILM NIGHT 
‘MAHANA’ (M)
FRIDAY 29th JULY 8pm (doors open 7-15pm)
Tickets $12 and $10 (Senior/Student)
Internationally acclaimed director Lee Tamahori’s first New Zealand film in 20 years,Mahana, it opened in cinemas in March of this year.

Mahana is an evocative family drama based on Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera’s novel, Bulibasha. Set in 1960’s rural New Zealand, two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, battle for supremacy in the shearing sheds and in their own hearts. The youngest Mahana, 14-year-old Simeon, is troubled by the rivalry and begins to unravel the truth behind the longstanding feud.  www.settlersfilmclub.weebly.com