Broken Barrier

Broken Barrier is a 1952 New Zealand film. It was directed and produced by John O'Shea (director) and Roger Mirams, and written by O'Shea. It starred Kay Ngarimu and Terence Bayler, and also featured Myra Hapi Smith, Bill Merito and George Ormond. Broken Barrier premiered on 10 July 1952. Filmed in black and white, it had a running length of 69 minutes. The film was the first real attempt at a feature film to be produced in New Zealand since the end of World War II and was filmed on a shoestring budget, and as such was fairly rudimentary and naive, yet was also important at re-establishing the New Zealand film industry. The film addresses mistrust and prejudice between Pākehā and Māori in New Zealand, portraying a romance between a...