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‘We Were Dangerous’ Team on How New Zealand’s Early 20th Century Eugenics Movement Inspired Sterilization Plot in Taika Waititi-Produced SXSW Film

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We Were Dangerous stars Erana James, Nathalie Morris and Manaia Hall as the three girls being held in a delinquent program by a matron. Director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu has a familial history that made the film resonate with her on a deeper level. The story is ultimately historical fiction, but expands on the well-documented rise of eugenics supporters in New Zealand.

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‘We Were Dangerous’ Team on How New Zealand’s Early 20th Century Eugenics Movement Inspired Sterilization Plot in Taika Waititi-Produced SXSW Film

“We Were Dangerous” is a surprisingly funny film for a movie that’s central conflict is the sterilization of a group of young women on the fringes of society in 1950s New Zealand. Knowing the project, which debuted at SXSW in Austin March 8, is produced by from Taika Waititi and Carthew Neal’s Piki Films certainly […]

2 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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