imagineNATIVE co-presents the Maori documentary GUARDING THE FAMILY
SILVER with filmmakers Moana Maniapoto & Toby Mills in attendance

Renowned Maori artists and filmmakers Moana Maniapoto (Te Arawa and Ngati Tuwharetoa) and Toby Mills (Ngati Raukawa and Ngati te Rangi) will be in attendance for a post screening discussion. Director/Researcher Moana Maniapoto is one of New Zealand’s most successful Indigenous singers and leader of the internationally-renowned ensemble Moana and the Tribe. A law graduate, Moana is also a veteran of radio and television broadcasting and was a talk show host on the first national Maori radio station. Producer/Director Toby Mills has a successful history as a film and stage actor and director of the first Maori theatre company Te Rakau Hua o te Wa o Tapu.

imagineNATIVE is pleased to be co-presenting GUARDING THE FAMILY SILVER as a part of the Indigenous Music and Dance as Cultural Property: Global Perspectives Colloquium presented by Memorial University in partnership with the University of Toronto.

For further information visit: http://www.moananz.com

Tickets available at the door.