Crooked Earth
Released: 2001
Drama
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
Starring: Temuera Morrison, Jaime Passier-Armstrong, Lawrence Makoare, Quinton Hita, Nancy Brunning, Mark Nua
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Written by: Greg McGee, Waihoroi Shortland
Language: English
Scenes
This movie depicts what is supposedly a Maori punishment ritual, in which a woman (draped in a blanket) stands over a man and urinates on his head in an effort to humiliate him. The weak stream is shown dribbling onto his neck as he sobs in anguish.
A man is guarding a marijuana plantation, and he walks off to pee and is captured.