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Māori Ancestry Inspires New Film

Updated 2026-06-26 02:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

Writer-director Taratoa Stappard’s film ‘Mārama’ explores the rebellious Māori ancestors who used dancing and tattoos to protest colonization. The movie, set in the Victorian era, tells a horror-revenge story inspired by these ancestral women.

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‘Mārama’ Director Details His ‘Rebellious’ Māori Ancestors, Whose Dancing and Tattoos Protested Colonization and Inspired His Revenge Tale

Writer-director Taratoa Stappard is an artist who tells stories of his lineage, and his latest film, “Mārama,” is a tribute to the ancestral women who risked it all to do the same during a much more oppressive time. In the Victorian-era horror-revenge film, now available on VOD via Dark

2026-06-26 02:33 UTC