For early July screenings, Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan has two movies. First Matariki celebrations continue with screenings of WHETŪ MĀRAMA: BRIGHT STAR at 5.00pm and 8pm on Saturday the 2nd. Then on Sunday afternoon 3rd is the last screening at 4.30pm of THE DUKE.
Book online: http://raglanmovies.nz. Reserve and pick your koha or entry at the door from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at these screenings.
Face masks are recommended.
Thanks to sponsorship by Matariki ki Waikato, entry to WHETŪ MĀRAMA: BRIGHT STAR is by koha. These screenings in Raglan are part of the Matariki 2022 celebrations.
Normal entry prices apply for THE DUKE: Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
Jul 2, 17: Movie- Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
Whetū Mārama: Bright Star: Hek Busby reignites the art of Māori voyaging.
From Doc Edge and NZIFF festivals.
Entry by koha. Screening in Raglan as part of Matariki 2022 celebrations. Sponsored by Matariki ki Waikato.
WHETŪ MĀRAMA | BRIGHT STAR | Documentary Exempt | 90 mins NZ
Saturday 2nd July 5.00pm and 8.00pm
Sunday 17th July 4.30pm
Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Entry by koha. Entry from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.
Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan.
Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.
For Māori, the canoe underpins their culture. They once built waka/canoes from giant trees and sailed the vast Pacific by the stars. These arts were lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars re-aligned and three men from far flung islands revived our place as the greatest navigators on the planet, a Hawaiian, a Micronesian and Hek Busby, “The Chief” from Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Whetū Mārama – Bright Star is the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi, aka Hek Busby, and his significance for Māori in rekindling their wayfinding DNA and for all New Zealanders in reclaiming our place as traditional star voyages on the world map. “Toby Mills and Aileen O’Sullivan’s stirring documentary Whetū Mārama – Bright Star depicts this extraordinary journey: Sir Hek’s willingness as a student, bravery as a modern-pioneer waka builder and navigator, and desire to pass on this regathered knowledge to future generations. Story strands are skillfully interwoven via recent interviews, waka hourua voyaging, archival footage and creative dramatic reconstructions.
Whetū Mārama conveys the wairua of Sir Hek, the impassioned individual, and of a committed group of pan-Pacific navigators and their supportive whānau, who together strove to restore an all but lost art of our voyaging Pacific heritage, thereby strengthening our future. Ka mua, ka muri (Walking backwards into the future) indeed!” — Jacob Powell Whetū Mārama – Bright Star is the story of a culture that understands an inner compass. Hek’s voyaging has reconnected his crews with their inbuilt GPS systems and they in turn are teaching and inspiring the next generation, building a bridge back into our past to take us forward into the future.
Director: Aideen O’Sullivan, Toby Mills
Cast: Hekenukumai Busby
Documentary Exempt | 90 mins NZ
Jul 3: Movie – THE DUKE
In this British Comedy, Jim Broadbent stars as 60-year-old Kempton Bunton who in 1961 stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. Helen Mirren stars as his long suffering wife.
Stuff, James Croot 4/5 Stars. “A fabulous showcase for one of the seemingly forgotten greats of British acting in Jim Broadbent and fitting fictional swansong by the brilliant director Roger Michell.”
THE DUKE | 2022 M, Sex scenes and offensive language 96 mins
- Sunday 3rd July 4.30pm
Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
Kempton who in 1961 stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London, sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television.
What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.
Director: Roger Michell
Writers: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Matthew Goode, Fionn Whitehead
2020 | M, Sex scenes & offensive language | 96 mins UK