29 Nov 2001
Quest for the Ring
No overview found
Dread
"I aroha to them. It was not their fault that they had strayed because of the conditioning. Colonisation."
An East Coast community in Ruatōria, New Zealand attempts to live in autarchy according to the tenets of their movement. Bob Marley, a prophet of our electronic age, is the soundtrack to the everyday lives of these Māori who feel closer to their own roots by observing a blend of Afro-Carribean Rastafarianism and the Ringatū faith. Merata Mita's camera respectfully portrays this singular cultural dialogue. The outsider cultures of Jamaicans, Ethiopians and Māori have come together, vibrating to a common cosmic chord. They find an underground brotherhood, across continents and seas.
Top Billed Cast
Te Hoko Whitu Self
Io Self
King Glory Self
Tigi Ness Self
Mahuta Tuhura Self
H.I.M Jah Self
Power of the Trinity Self
Stryker Jones Self
Atareta Poananga Self
Nanny Gaga Self
Te Kupu Self
Similar movies
Quest for the Ring Quest for the Ring Bastion Point: Day 507 
Bastion Point: Day 507 01 Jan 1980
Bastion Point: Day 507
Merata Mita, Leon Narbey and Gerd Pohlmann’s powerful documentary Bastion Point: Day 507 depicts the eviction of protestors from Bastion Point during the struggle for Māori land rights.
Gallipoli - The Dardenelles Campaign 
Gallipoli - The Dardenelles Campaign 01 Jan 1996
Gallipoli - The Dardenelles Campaign
An overview of one of the greatest disasters of the first World War WWI - the Dardanelles Campaign at Gallipoli, Turkey.
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari 
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari 03 Nov 2022
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union 
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union 01 Jan 1981
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber Workers Delegates (CCD) and their industrial action.
New Country - New People 
New Country - New People 01 Jan 1978
New Country - New People
A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.
Pirates of the Airwaves 
Pirates of the Airwaves 27 Jul 2014
Pirates of the Airwaves
In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radio station aboard a ship in the Hauraki Gulf.
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold 
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold 20 Oct 2022
Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold
Olympic Champion, Kiwi Icon, Tongan Leader, Orphan, Mother...winning was just part of the journey.
Born in-a Babylon 
Born in-a Babylon 01 May 2000
Born in-a Babylon
A portrait of Rastafarians living in Tottenham at the start of the new millennium.
Rendalf the Wizard 
Rendalf the Wizard 01 Jun 2022
Rendalf the Wizard
A Lord of the Rings tour guide in New Zealand processes his grief in a wonderful way.
No Māori Allowed 
No Māori Allowed 18 Oct 2022
No Māori Allowed
When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their personal stories before, confront its deep and dark racist past.
Flare - A Ski Trip 
Flare - A Ski Trip 11 Oct 1977
Flare - A Ski Trip
A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.
Four Shorts on Architecture 
Four Shorts on Architecture 10 Oct 1975
Four Shorts on Architecture
A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
Erebus: Operation Overdue 
Erebus: Operation Overdue 13 Jul 2014
Erebus: Operation Overdue
On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. As the police recovered the victims, an investigation team tried to uncover the mystery of how a jet could fly into a mountain in broad daylight. Did the airline have a secret it wanted to bury? This film tells the story of four New Zealand police officers who went to Antarctica as part of the police operation to recover the victims of the crash. Set in the beautiful yet hostile environment of Antarctica, this is the emotional and compelling true story of an extraordinary police operation.
Kinleith '80 
Kinleith '80 01 Jan 1983
Kinleith '80
Covers the 12-week-long strike at Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill, owned by New Zealand Forest Products in January 1980.
The Hockey Film 
The Hockey Film 03 Dec 2023
The Hockey Film
A harsh winter in Canada’s Muskoka, where players face sub-zero temperatures, contrasts with New Zealand, where hockey is just starting to take root. Yet, between these two far-apart nations, there’s one thing they share: a deep love for the game of hockey.
The First Rasta 
The First Rasta 27 Apr 2011
The First Rasta
Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta—ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks—this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey of a man who taught an enslaved people how to be proud and impose their culture on the world. In the 1920s Leonard Percival Howell and the First Rastas had a revelation concerning the divinity of Haile Selassie, king of Ethiopia, that established the vision for the most popular mystical movement of the 20th century, Rastafarianism. Although jailed, ridiculed, and treated as insane, Howell, also known as the Gong, established a Rasta community of 4,500 members, the first agro-industrial enterprise devoted to producing marijuana. In the late 1950s the community was dispersed, disseminating Rasta teachings throughout the ghettos of the island. A young singer named Bob Marley adopted Howell's message, and through Marley's visions, reggae made its explosion in the music world.
The Hollow Men 
The Hollow Men 07 Jul 2008
The Hollow Men
The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.
Pearl Jam: Sponsored By No One 
Pearl Jam: Sponsored By No One 01 Aug 1995
Pearl Jam: Sponsored By No One
The Pearl Jam Movie!! That’s right. Made in 1995 by the band when Jack Irons was drummer and filmed over the course of their 1995 Far-East tour in Japan, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand…it’s half tour documentary and half movie. This movie was apparently scrapped by the band at the final mixing stage for some unknown reason, seems completely unedited/uncut. It full of really wild and weird little skits by the band (like Ed and Jack acting out some strange Godzilla attack on the beach, Mike McCready's stage strip-tease), airplane, backstage & soundcheck footage of all the band members, the band on the streets & taking in the culture of the countries they’re visiting.
Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore 
Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore 01 Jun 2009
Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore
Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very influential, Indigenous film makers. The film The Camera on The Shore is a feature length introduction to Barry, and to his film making.