Movie

Broken Barrier

★ 6.5/10 · 2 votes 1952 1h 11m Released

DramaRomance

Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.

Cast

K Kay Ngarimu Rawi Terence Bayler Tom Sullivan M Myra Hapi Kiri G George Ormond Alec D Dorothy Tansley Mrs. Sullivan F F.W. French Mr. Sullivan