Jay Tewake Brady Peeti Jackie Clarke Regan Taylor Aaron Ward[1]
Cinematography
Darryl Ward
Edited by
Anastasia Doniants
Music by
Mika Haka
Production company
Mika Haka Foundation
Distributed by
Independent
Release date
26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) (New Zealand International Film Festival)
Running time
20 minutes
Country
New Zealand
Language
English
Budget
$380,000
GURL is a 2020 New Zealand short film directed, written and produced by Mika X.[2][3] The film premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival as part of the "Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2020" selection curated by Leo Koziol and Craig Fasi.[4] GURL tells a story of Carmen Rupe experience in the context of being both Maori and LGBT: "The infamous Māori Drag Queen Carmen 'Gurl' finally accepts her-true-self when she falls in love with a fading rugby star on an ill-fated night in New Zealand 1975."[5][6] This short film is a prequel to the feature film "The Book of Carmen" which has been in pre-production since the release of GURL.[7][8]
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