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Once Were Warriors (film)
Once Were Warriors
is a 1994 New Zealand
drama film
based on
New Zealand
author
Alan Duff
's bestselling 1990 first
novel
. The film tells the story of the Hekes, an urban
Maori
family, and their problems with
poverty
,
alcoholism
, and
domestic violence
, mostly brought on by the patriarch
Jake
. The film was directed by
Lee Tamahori
and stars
Rena Owen
and
Temuera Morrison
.
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