Gurl (2020)
This short film takes place one frantic night as a beautiful young sex worker waits for her salesman lover to whisk her away from her last night on the strip to live happily ever after. But it’s 1975 and she’s a Māori drag queen. And he’s not the ‘white knight’ he said he was.
Drama
Cast
- Jay Tewake — GURL/Carmen
- Mika X. — Older Carmen
- Regan Taylor — Ed/Retired All Black
- Jackie Clarke — Sapphire
- Brady Peeti — Gypsy
- Ramon Te Wake — Mystik Ra
- Richie Cattell — Rugby Lad
- Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu — Strap Boy
- Whetū Fala — Whaea
- Danielle Hayes — Terracotta Blade
- Amanduh La Hoare — Lofty Queen
- Amanaki Prescott-Faletau — Mystik Ama
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