Patu!

Patu!

Year: 1983

Runtime: 112 mins

Language: English

Director: Merata Mita

Documentary

In 1981 the New Zealand government invited the South African rugby team to tour the country, igniting a split that erupted into an eight‑week civil war. Patu! chronicles the HART (Halt All Racist Tours) movement, mixing archival footage of protest meetings, heated rugby matches and police beatings of demonstrators, documenting the upheaval.

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