

Tom Sullivan, a young Pakeha journalist researching a series of exploitative, tabloid articles on "the" Maori people becomes a casual labourer on a Mahia Peninsular farm. The emotional liaison he forms with Rawi, a young Maori woman exposes the racism engendered by the particular social attitudes and expectations of that time.
Broken Barrier was directed by Roger Mirams and John O'Shea.
Broken Barrier runs for 1h 11min, and was released in 1952.
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