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        Docos Under The Skin
        Maoriland Film Festival presentsDocos Under The Skin

        Docos Under The Skin

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        Raukawa Marae

        90 Mill Road

        Otaki, New Zealand

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        Sun 22 Mar 2020

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        Docos Under The Skin

        Northwest Native Art at the Burke Museum
        Year: 2019
        Director: Anna Hoover
        Duration: 3 minutes
        Language: English
        Nation: Native Alaskan
         
        A glimpse into the Native Art Gallery at the new Burke Museum in Seattle. 

        This Ink Runs Deep
        Year: 2019
        Director: Asia Youngman 
        Duration: 16 minutes
        Language: English
        Nation: Cree, Métis, Haudenosaunee
         
        Travel across Canada and explore the revitalisation of traditional marks. In this doco we learn about the significance of tattoos for different Indigenous cultures; why they disappeared, and why they are now being brought back to life.

        Tatau; The Tales of Diaspora
        Year: 2020
        Director: Benji Timu
        Duration: 13 minutes
        Language: English, Samoan with English Subtitles
        Nation: Sāmoa - Letogo, Kuki Airani - Aitutaki/Mangaia
         
        A personal journey for Benji, a second-generation Aotearoa-born Samoan receiving the Pe'a, covering the body from the waist to the knees. A recollection of the seven days of this spiritual and painful experience.

        Yakonnhéhkwen
        Year: 2019
        Director: Candace Maracle
        Duration: 16 minutes
        Language: English
        Nation: Kanyen'kehá:ka
         
        Yakonnhéhkwen is a Kenyen’kéha word meaning “it sustains her”. This short film is about one woman in the depths of depression finding healing, self-value and her culture through the Iroquoian art of black ash basketry. 

        Ruahine: Stories In Her Skin
        Year: 2019
        Director: Hiona Henare
        Duration: 40 minutes
        Language: English, Māori
        Nation: Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Huia, Ngāi Tara, Mūaupoko
         
        To receive a moko kauae is to assert a Māori woman’s birthright and identity while celebrating the mana of her whakapapa. In Māori tradition, the head is considered the most tapu part of the human body making the practice of moko kauae highly prestigious and exclusive to Māori women.

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