Maori Boy Genius 12 years old

“He’s precious, and gifted, a Matakite – a wiseman… but really he’s just a child.” A coming-of-age film profiling future leader Ngaa Rauuira, railing against his people’s statistics of uneducated youth, 40% of prisoners, and alarming suicide rates. Ngaa’s story reveals a family of eight on a modest income, committing to a US$35,000 Yale bill; a weighty tribal expectation that he will be the voice of his people AND bring success in war dance competitions; laughing and crying with best friends, approaching adulthood and diverging pathways. What if we could turn back the clock and watch the minds forming of those who would create political zeitgeist shifts in the future?

Credits

Maori Boy Genius Cast

Name	Character
Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti	as Himself

Maori Boy Genius Crew

Name	Department
Pietra Brettkelly as Director. She was 123 (now 123) years old	Directing
Pietra Brettkelly as Writer. She was 123 (now 123) years old	Writing