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Maori Boy Genius
Maori Boy Genius

MAORI BOY GENIUS

Directed by Pietra Brettkelly
New Zealand, Denmark, 2011
Documentary

Synopsis

Ngaa Rauuira is railing against his people’s statistics of uneducated youth, 40% of prisoners, alarming suicide rates and a dying language. At 16 he studies politics at Yale, his family facing his huge ducation bill. Within a year he’s leading a major protest and being asked to stand for parliament.

Synopsis

Ngaa Rauuira is railing against his people’s statistics of uneducated youth, 40% of prisoners, alarming suicide rates and a dying language. At 16 he studies politics at Yale, his family facing his huge ducation bill. Within a year he’s leading a major protest and being asked to stand for parliament.