'Maori Boy Genius' is a New Zealand documentary screening at the Sydney Film Festival. Cs and I received complimentary tickets to see it. Neither of us had heard of the film previously.
The subject is Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti, a young man who is determined to reassert his Maori culture and who from childhood has been seen by his community to be destined for leadership. He was a bright child who obtained a University Diploma at the age of 13 but then was thwarted in attempts to further his education in his home country because of his youth. He turned to Yale University in the USA for advanced studies and new challenges.
It is an interesting film which takes Ngaa's story to the age of 16. He is now 18, studying Law in New Zealand, and was present with the film's Director at the screening to answer questions from the audience.
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