Hinekura
Directed by Becs Arahanga- New Zealand
- Action, Adventure, Coming-Of-Age, Drama, Indigenous
- Māori
- 2019
- 17 mins
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shareNew Zealand:1600’s While playing games with her
friend Tama (13), Hine (also 13) gets her first bleed. Protective and gentle, Tama escorts her to her mother. The whanau joyously send her to a distant site set aside for sacred female rituals. She is accompanied by other women from the tribe, including her mother Marama, her sister Rona and a guard, Te Haeata.
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