Patu!

The most controversial, and the most contested, event in recent New Zealand history was the 1981 South African rugby tour. Half the country was opposed to the tour, the establishment was determined the tour would go ahead, and the result was a country divided against itself almost to the point of civil war. This incredible documentary shows what happened. The actual filming was both dangerous and difficult and attempts to have the negative confiscated… [Merata Mita’s] achievement is as impressive technically as it is effective emotionally. A major documentary of our time. —London Film Festival