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- Can someone of good character set this up for inclusion on The Wizard of New Zealand's page or also as a stand alone page for the film? There has been a LOT of accusation particularly from admins that I'm biased in trying to "promote" or have a pecuniary interest in the film. Personally I don't care either way - But I would like to see the film represented in Wikipedia; as I believe it is a voice for the voiceless of the Chathams Islands.
'The Wizard and the Commodore - Chathams Islands' is a real
The film narrated by
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The film has been called "controversial" for it's historical documentation of the
The Film also documents the debated Moriori Crucifixions at Waitangi which have never been presented in a feature film, and describe indigenous cultures that even to this day are under threat from modernization. The film gives voice to the voiceless, and a culture which barely survived systematic annihilation at the hands of Colonists.
The 140 minute film screened to a test audience at the Hollywood Cinema, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand 26th August 2016.
The revised 115 minute film including a 10minute intermission test screened in 2017 on the Chatham Island at the Norman Kirk centre Waiteki/Waitangi where it was considered "highly controversial".
Spacewow Inc. of Los Angeles holds the sales rights to the film.