Gurl
2020This short film takes place one frantic night as a beautiful young sex worker waits for her salesman lover to whisk her away from her last night on the strip to live happily ever after. But it’s 1975 and she’s a Māori drag queen. And he’s not the ‘white knight’ he said he was.
Acted in
Jay Tewake
as GURL/Carmen
Mika X.
as Older Carmen
Regan Taylor
as Ed/Retired All Black
Jackie Clarke
as Sapphire
Brady Peeti
as Gypsy
Ramon Te Wake
as Mystik Ra
Richie Cattell
as Rugby Lad
Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu
as Strap Boy
Whetu Fala
as Whaea
Danielle Hayes
as Terracotta Blade
Amanduh La Hoare
as Lofty Queen
Amanaki Prescott-Faletau
as Mystik Ama
Rosanna Raymond
as Mystik Maiden
Aaron Ward
as White Knight