Fifteen voices, two worlds, one revolution in 17-minute bursts.
Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestA look at the younger generations of tangata Turi, the choices they are making within and for their community, with particular focus on intersectionality and the experience of rainbow youth.
An interview-based documentary series that explores and illuminates the world of Turi-Deaf Maori in the current day. Over the course of five episodes, the fifteen interviewees from across Ngati Turi discuss their experiences, struggles and triumphs.
Direction
Jared Flitcroft centers community voices with radical care
Production
NZSL and te reo Māori woven seamlessly—no subtitles as afterthought
Writing
Interview structure lets subjects own their narratives completely
Creator
Jared Flitcroft
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ngāti Turi is one of few iwi whose identity is explicitly Deaf-centered, with NZSL recognized as a taonga alongside te reo Māori.
Director Jared Flitcroft is Turi-Deaf himself—rare in documentary, where disabled subjects are typically filtered through abled perspectives.
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