DANA ROTBERG

WHITE LIES (2013)

Starring Whirimako Black, Antonia Prebble and Rachel House. Directed by Dana Rotberg.

Paraiti is a medicine woman. She is the healer and midwife of her rural, tribal people – she believes in life. But new laws are in force prohibiting unlicensed healers.

On a rare trip to the city, she is approached by Maraea (Rachel House), the servant of a wealthy woman, Rebecca, who seeks her knowledge and assistance in order to hide a secret which could destroy Rebecca’s position in European settler society.