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Super Special

2019 · 12 min

A quiet, tender slice of life that asks you to sit with a small, painful choice and its weight.

Directed by
Ashley Williams
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lakyrah Ngarongo, Grace Hoet, Lezharn Avia-Elliot
Overview
A young Māori girl gets her period for the first time and has to decide between getting pads for herself or a gift for her younger brother's birthday.

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Directed by
Ashley Williams
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lakyrah Ngarongo, Grace Hoet, Lezharn Avia-Elliot
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • coming-of-age
    • class
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Ashley Williams
    Written by
    Ashley Williams, Ruby Solly
    Starring
    Lakyrah Ngarongo, Grace Hoet, Lezharn Avia-Elliot
    Runtime
    12 min
    Country
    New Zealand
    Languages
    English, Maori

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