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Taika Waititi’s Piki Films Developing Indigenous Projects About Colonization

26.06.2020 - 14:59

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Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTaika Waititi and Carthew Neal’s production company Piki Films is to embark on three projects with Maori writers from New Zealand.

They turn an indigenous eye on the effects of colonization.The projects will be developed by Neal, and producer Morgan Waru who has taken a full-time position at the company, after having worked with Piki on several previous projects.Tina Makereti’s novel “The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke,” is set for adaptation as a feature film.

The story involves a curious Maori teen who adventures to London in the 1840s to appear as a live exhibit amongst Maori artefacts.

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