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Meng

2022 · 52 min

A thoughtful, personal documentary that quietly follows one man wrestling with identity and responsibility, asking you to listen closely.

Directed by
Steven Chow, Julie Zhu
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A bilingual, contemporary documentary unpacking one man's determination to promote the rights of tangata whenua while negotiating what this means for himself as a Hainamana with influence in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Directed by
Steven Chow, Julie Zhu
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • race
  • politics
  • power
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism10
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Steven Chow, Julie Zhu
Music
Karl Sölve Steven
Runtime
52 min
Country
New Zealand
Languages
Mandarin, English, Maori

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