The Dark Horse

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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Drama Dark	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Inspired by Jim Marbrook's documentary, "Dark Horse."
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, Miriama McDowell.
"After years in and out of mental institutions, Genesis is released into the care of his older brother Ariki, a street gang leader. When he volunteers to train a group of disadvantaged Maori children for the upcoming National Chess Championships, it puts him at odds with his brother over Ariki's son Mana, whose interest in the game threatens the teen's imminent initiation into his father's violent gang. Despite all odds, Gen's positivity always leads him to search for light, even when the world seems at its darkest"--Container.
DVD, region 1; NTSC, dual layer, widescreen (2.40:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Wonderful depiction of a true story submitted by ferielp on July 23, 2021, 9:22am We so rarely get to see such a wonderful cast of Maori actors and characters, especially children. New Zealand's cinema is always of a really high level, and so is this film. And yet the story is so universal; we need to have more compassion for those with mental illness (and not just those with extraordinary abilities), and for kids who get left by the wayside.