Indigenous Peoples Week Film Festival: The Dead Lands
Action/Adventure, dir. by Toa Fraser
New Zealand, 2015, 109 mins
Subtitled; Rating - this is an R rated film which contains brutal bloody violence; if you do not wish to view, please feel free to exit the program at any time.
Film Synopsis: A young Maori warrior (James Rolleston) seeks revenge for his father's murder after a rival tribe massacres their village. Traveling through a forbidden and dangerous territory, he searches for help in his quest.
Join Services for Older Adults and Brooklyn Public Library's Land Acknowledgement Committee at 7pm for an Indigenous Peoples Week pre-discussion on Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants at 4pm the day of the film. [Registration required]
During the 7pm pre-discussion Zoom, the registered audience members will receive a streaming link and additional instructions in order to view the film, which will begin promptly at 7:30pm
Services for Older Adults is partially funded by Coordinated Outreach Library Services aid from the New York State Education Department, administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. All programs are sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library’s Department of Outreach Services.
