What is Once Were Warriors (movie)?
'''''Once Were Warriors''''' is a 1994 New Zealand drama movie based on [[New Zealand]] author [[Alan Duff]]'s bestselling 1990 first novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Once Were Warriors (1994) FILM REVIEW; For a Family, the War at Home|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Janet|last=Maslin|date=February 24, 1995|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE0DC1E38F937A15751C0A963958260}}</ref> The movie tells the story of the Hekes, an urban [[Māori people|Māori]] family, and their problems with [[poverty]], [[alcoholism]], and [[domestic violence]], mostly brought on by the patriarch Jake. The movie was directed by [[Lee Tamahori]] and stars [[Rena Owen]], [[Temuera Morrison]] and [[Cliff Curtis]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Thompson, K. M. & Stringer, J. (Ed.) |date=2003|title=''Once Were Warriors'': New Zealand's first indigenous blockbuster.|work=Movie Blockbusters|pages=230–241|location= London|publisher= Routledge}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1994 drama movies]] [[Category:New Zealand movies]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:Movies directed by Lee Tamahori]]