Narrating and appearing on camera himself, ward tells of his journey to uncover the story of puhi, the tuhoe woman he filmed in the late 1970s. Published on may, 2008 a woman walked between the worlds of the living and the dead, searching for her lost children. Enter email and password and required information 2. Rain of the children is a 2008 feature film written, directed and produced by vincent ward. Rain of the children 2008 1h 38min documentary, drama 25 september 2008 new zealand puhi was chosen at age 12 by the great tuhoe prophet rua kenana to marry his son, whatu, and goes on to have an extraordinary life of hardship and wonder showing her fortitude through life. Ward combines archive material from his first film with eyewitness accounts from relatives and tribal members still alive and detailed fictional scenes in which several dramatic moments from puhis life are performed by professional actors. M, violence, offensive language102 minsnew zealand.
Watch the children 2008 now on your favorite device. The rain full film starring ramin karimloo, leoni kibbey and raine mccormack duration. A still from the feature film rain of the children. That film, in spring one plants alone, told the story of 80yearold puhi, who lived with her schizophrenic son in the isolated urewera. Rain of the children 2008 full part 1 of 15 youtube.
The complete starting list for tspdts ranking of the 21st centurys most. Interview with the director of rain of the children from the sydney film festival. Rain of the children 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Rain of the children this much praised documentary revisits the subject of a film vincent ward made in 1978, aged 21. Rain of the children is a challenging film but it is also immensely rewarding. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. With this film, ward returns to chronicle puhi via a headon documentary portrait of her life and times, comprised of dramatic reenactments. New zealand cinema mainstay vincent ward what dreams may come helms this nonfiction opus, the genesis of which actually preceded his feature debut, vigil 1984. Overview of rain of the children, 2008, directed by vincent ward, with temuera morrison, mikaira tawhara, glen kimikimi mane, at turner classic movies. This is, without question, the finest nz documentarydrama ive seen. But, as ward tells us early in this odd sequelofsorts, the film had a troubling.
Vincent ward weaves drama with documentary to unravel the extraordinary story of puhi, the tuhoe woman who. The score and cinematography are of the highest caliber. Rain of the children is a cinema feature film which has been described as vincent ward,s most personal film ever. Kindly supplied by vincent ward, photo appears courtesy of the new zealand film commission.
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