ANDREW PIKE presents... Hidden gems from the Ronin collection

TUPAIA’S ENDEAVOUR dir. Lala Rolls (2020) NZ/Aotearoa | PG | 119 mins

A first contact story, told from a Pacific point of view.

When James Cook, captain of the British ship Endeavour, took his first steps on the un-colonised shores of Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1769, he set in train a violent collision with the Māori occupants. The first meeting between Māori and Europeans would have ended disastrously for Cook and his crew, if not for Tupaia, a Polynesian who had joined the Endeavour expedition in Tahiti.

ANDREW PIKE (owner of Electric Shadows Cinema and Manager of Ronin Films) presents a monthly series of hidden gems from the Ronin Films collection. This selection of surprising and eye opening films cover art, music and colonialism with a focus on stories from Australia and New Zealand.

Coming up in the series:

Sunday 6th JULY @ 2.30PM - PATOU