White Lies & White like the moon | Award Winning African Diaspora Films on DVD | New Zealand

Two poignant women-centered stories about identity WHITE LIES Based on a novel by Whale Rider writer Witi Ihimaera, White Lies - New Zealand’s entry in the 2014 Oscar competition for best foreign-language film - is an intense drama that explores with great humanity and sensitivity such difficult topics as race relations, skin bleaching and abortion. Paraiti is the healer and midwife of her rural people - she believes in life. But new laws in force are prohibiting unlicensed healers, making the practice of much Maori medicine illegal. She gets approached by Maraea, the servant of a wealthy woman, Rebecca, who seeks her knowledge and assistance in order to hide a secret which could destroy Rebecca’s position in European settler society. Directed by Dana Rotberg, 2013, New Zealand, 96mins, Drama, English and Maori with English subt. * Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2013   100%  positive review on Rotten Tomatoes! Ms. Black, a New Zealand recording