British label Second Sight has revealed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray Lee Tamahori's award-winning film
Once Were Warriors (1994), starring Temuera Morrison, Rena Owen, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga, and Taungaroa Emile. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Synopsis: Jake Heke lives with his family in a tenement house for native Maori in the slums of Auckland. Despite his professions of love, Jake's anger and alcoholism results in terrifying erratic outbursts at his children and violent beatings of his wife, Beth. After Jake loses his job, each member of the Heke family is forced to face their own demons and the societal constraints that shackle native New Zealanders.