We Were Dangerous - Official Trailer

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29 күн бұрын

Coming to Aotearoa New Zealand cinemas August 22. Opening Night of Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival.
www.weweredangerous.com
Screening at Sydney, Melbourne and Perth Film Festivals. Stay tuned for other release dates!
WE WERE DANGEROUS is a powerful story of female friendship, from director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, winner of the SXSW Special Jury Award for Filmmaking.
In 1954 New Zealand Nellie and Daisy attempt to escape an institution for delinquent girls, in 1950s New Zealand, however not only are they caught, it triggers a relocation to a facility on a remote island. The duo become a trio as well-to-do Lou joins them, and life on the island takes shape under the command of devout Matron. The trio rail against the system, dubious of the benevolence of the bible and taking refuge in their blossoming friendship. It’s hard to reform girls who don’t believe they need reforming. However, a sense of doom settles in when experimental forms of punishment take place in the dead of night. Nellie and Daisy plot rebellion, but unexpectedly find themselves at odds with Lou, who is afraid to break the rules.
Starring Erana James, Rima Te Wiata, Nathalie Morris & Manaia Hall
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@TheLadySilverMoon 15 күн бұрын

In Denmark from 1923-1961 there was a home/clinic on an island for "morally defective" girls, that were infamous for how cruelly they treated the girls, which included forced sterilization.

@Sara-dw2qe 10 күн бұрын

there is actually a movie based on that, its called 'ustyrlig'. i heaven't seen it only the trailer

@TheLadySilverMoon 10 күн бұрын

@@Sara-dw2qe Oh yeah, that's right. There's also the crime thriller "Journal 64", that revolves around the same place.

@tamashiikakoi1208 9 күн бұрын

Well, in China nowadays there are many reformation camps that are just as cruel for girls and even boys who "disobey" their parents, be "Internet or phone addict", have "low grades in school", many even starved or beaten to death.

@generalhorse493 8 күн бұрын

The "troubled teen" industry was and is an endless source of nightmare fuel. I'm glad we're de-stigmatizing juvenile delinquency and criminals enough so that we can finally open our eyes and start stopping these evils.

@SamanthaKristoferson 26 күн бұрын

100% may the wind carry their stories in all 7 directions

@rachaelpoulin1997 26 күн бұрын

So like they're 100% being sterilized, right? That's what's happening in that shed. Just based on my knowledge of the treatment of Indigenous women and social undesirables throughout history

@Noelbluesky 26 күн бұрын

that or a clitorectomy. :(

@JPcommunicates 24 күн бұрын

The idea of social undesirable is weird. Everyone is society and some people don't present everyone's desire or opinion. Same this idea that some people are doomed by everyone is just ridiculous and a prejedice kind of thinking.

@jackdeniston6150 23 күн бұрын

and male slaves in the Arab world

@1984Kojot 23 күн бұрын

@@JPcommunicates Look on western europe it is hard to deny that some people just can not function in modern society.

@TurboLoveTrain 23 күн бұрын

@@JPcommunicates diversity being a strength is a myth pushed by people who lie about genetics and are incapable of comprehending statistics. The only way to have "one race the human race" is to totally ignore genetics and lie about crime statistics and history--which is what is happening.

@sarahprice659 25 күн бұрын

A heck of a lot more hopeful than most films I’ve noticed in this niche genre! I look forward to it (whenever it gets available)

@ratthawks 20 күн бұрын

Because Mollywood isn't involved to ruin it

@bixiella7830 18 күн бұрын

what niche genre is this?

@sarahprice659 17 күн бұрын

@@bixiella7830 Sort of like, “Honest/realistic, sympathetic accounts of unfortunate/horrible events/situations that existed and persisted and are simply not talked about, or taught etc. Trauma begets drama, and forces people to do and be more than they would otherwise. Their stories and experiences are as valid, moving, heartbreaking, transcendent etc. as those of people who were not pushed into obscurity out of guilt and shame. “ That was a terrible description. I am sure someone else can come up with something more concise 🤷‍♀️

@bixiella7830 17 күн бұрын

@@sarahprice659 ahahha thanks for the reply!

@Wim2600 11 күн бұрын

Wow, that’s Rima te Wiata - I recognised her eyes and voice immediately, even though it’s been nearly 4 decades since her “Sons and Daughters” stint as Janice. So great to see her again!

@blackbird5634 26 күн бұрын

Rabbit Proof Fence is another good film with Native people. Well worth watching.

@myrnashoults9735 23 күн бұрын

Indigenous

@ratthawks 20 күн бұрын

@@myrnashoults9735same thing,isn't it?

@sarahprice659 19 күн бұрын

It really is excellent. And frighteningly, a true story. They interviewed one of the women who was a girl in the film. She was so matter of fact talking about it. Wild.

@ImFieldy 18 күн бұрын

not native, early settlers/ early colonisers

@ratthawks 18 күн бұрын

@ImFieldy yes, I am Maori myself and we did Colonise New Zealand

@roberts5539 26 күн бұрын

it'll end in tears.

@nbucwa6621 15 күн бұрын

It better not!

@Sush8815 23 күн бұрын

What are the songs,? Including the song which group was singing

@hannahnorthfield4195 18 күн бұрын

I need to know too!

@Bunkerhillburning 12 күн бұрын

@@hannahnorthfield4195 It reminded me of a traditional Haka. It's excellent, wish I knew exactly what it was. Maybe available on the soundtrack?

@donijeffery-harris3056 6 күн бұрын

I was also thinking it sounded like a Haka, but the Maori are not the only culture that has stirring chants like this. Hopefully, the movie will tell us.

@outoftheforest7652 5 күн бұрын

@@donijeffery-harris3056 But isn't this on NEW ZEALAND?

@donijeffery-harris3056 5 күн бұрын

@@outoftheforest7652 perhaps....I didn't see anything that specified the country, but I only watched the trailer once.

@JenShea 27 күн бұрын

Oh I hope I can watch this in Canada! It looks really good!

@donedwards5301 26 күн бұрын

Ditto Edmonton has a fabulous Metro Cinema. Now I just have to figure out how to get them to bring it here.

@stefaniehossbach4040 27 күн бұрын

Very excited for this fabulous film!

@jonesparg 26 күн бұрын

Wow! Looking forward to this!

@annab9994 26 күн бұрын

I’m definitely going to watch this one!

@tetsuo25 26 күн бұрын

Looks excellent. Does anyone know the name of the band/song in the trailer?

@uwcb1 26 күн бұрын

This looks incredible!!

@ronbon321able 25 күн бұрын

I cannot wait to see this!!

@sandrodellisanti1139 27 күн бұрын

Ciao, i Hope this movie will be aired here in Germany too, i really love this movies, have Whale Rider here on Blu-ray.. many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃

@JPcommunicates 24 күн бұрын

Whale rider was also in the cinemas. A lot of independent and niche movies are actually also shown in the cinemas. The greetings of staying safe is aburd.

@sandrodellisanti1139 24 күн бұрын

@@JPcommunicateswhat do you mean with aburd?

@ratthawks 20 күн бұрын

My wife is German, and we live in Flensburg. She was first introduced to Whale Rider when her Omi gave her a book for her birthday, and that was Whale Rider. That book and film is what brought her to New Zealand and that is how we met😊

@NewZman23 7 күн бұрын

Grüße aus Neuseeland. Die Familie meiner Großmutter kam vor über 140 Jahren aus Niedersachsen hierher. Kommen Sie einfach vorbei und besuchen Sie uns 😊

@NewZman23 7 күн бұрын

@@ratthawks Grüße aus Neuseeland. Nice story of how our Maori culture brought you two tegether.😊😊

@adamcammack3534 16 күн бұрын

As soon as the trailer started Kiwi/New Zealand made popped into my head

@stef10ziggy 26 күн бұрын

Wow so many of these scenes look masterfully shot; I must check on this directors other work now. Super excited to see this.

@sarabpreetkaur3360 27 күн бұрын

Will watch this.

@naydine4339 12 күн бұрын

Why am I crying?? It looks beautiful can't wait to see it

@tothelighthouse9843 27 күн бұрын

This looks really good!

@jennifertharp659 25 күн бұрын

I'm definitely going to look for this and I hope it will be online somewhere soon. 💙

@NewZman23 7 күн бұрын

It will be released in NZ cinemas on 22 August.

@gym_fs_laura 26 күн бұрын

I'm obsessed with this trailer, does anyone have any idea of what is the song used in the background at the beginning and the end?

@Clairecnz 21 күн бұрын

sounds like perhaps they are singing in Maori and sang by a NZ girl's choir song commissioned for the film? I can only make out a few words... BUT It may be Agnes Obel - Familiar?

@ratthawks 19 күн бұрын

@Clairecnz yes , it is definitely in Maori, Cam Ballentyne is the composer. Definitely in a maori culture group choir. By the way....who is Agnes?

@Nika-bj9oh 27 күн бұрын

yay, finally!!!!

@KootFloris 25 күн бұрын

This looks beautiful, awful in a good way, and hopeful. The world needs more rebels anyway!

@whiteeyegal02 26 күн бұрын

Looks amazing

@BheyanaHolland 27 күн бұрын

LESHHHGGOGOOOOOOO MANAIA HALL 😍😍😍😍

@LuminousLucille 22 күн бұрын

For the love of God please tell us what the song is and where we can hear this version!

@Clairecnz 21 күн бұрын

its sounds like perhaps they are singing in Maori and sang by a NZ girl's choir song commissioned for the film?

@Clairecnz 21 күн бұрын

now that listen it could be Agnes Obel - Familiar

@LuminousLucille 18 күн бұрын

No I don’t think it’s Agnes Obel - interesting guest though! - I think it might be a Māori song, just hope they release it 😀

@Clairecnz 18 күн бұрын

@@LuminousLucille i mean it could just be sample from her :-)

@loveu8910 24 күн бұрын

Anyone know when it will release in australia?

@jackdavinci 14 күн бұрын

What’s that song at the end?

@MindfulMya 15 күн бұрын

Omg I look forward to this. But something tells me I might cry…a lot.

@lilyhuiamete5259 21 күн бұрын

Mīharo Manaia 🎉🎉🎉

@itsfer1770 22 күн бұрын

Where can I watch this?

@himanshuanand9048 26 күн бұрын

Can anyone identify the song in the first half of the trailer?

@gonzopulp 26 күн бұрын

Looking for it too, share when you happen to find it

@edwardcatt2399 22 күн бұрын

Starting at 0:10 ~ ? Yeah I want to know what that is too . . .

@Jo-yp8wy 20 күн бұрын

That's what you're worried about????

@himanshuanand9048 20 күн бұрын

Worried? No. Eager? Yes! Most of my music is gathered from movie and TV show soundtracks 😊 @@Jo-yp8wy

@ratthawks 19 күн бұрын

Can't find it anywhere. We will just have to wait

@Pixietink 27 күн бұрын

Looks good

@gaelferguson 16 күн бұрын

Hope I can see this in the US.

@TravelingSeeker 6 күн бұрын

Hope it can also be shown in Manila, Philippines!

@MrStephenmindo 5 күн бұрын

whats the name of the song at the start? Shazam getting no result

@rosesleeps 24 күн бұрын

That was a major tonal shift. Looks like a great movie.

@erikamohrmann7986 9 күн бұрын

this looks so good! I hope I can watch it in America! Does anyone know what the song at the end is? It doesn't play long enough for my iPhone to recognize it

@WinstonSmithGPT 21 күн бұрын

Stunning and brave.

@rhruaro 23 күн бұрын

gorgeous, does anyone know the name of the song in the begnning?

@sarahward7016 27 күн бұрын

Looks good! 😃 I loved 'Jojo Rabbit.'

@lindsaydrewe8219 5 күн бұрын

Churches have a hell of a lot to answer for

@dajawashington8436 11 күн бұрын

Reminds me of "The Chorus/Les Choristes"

@yaelzivanartist 8 күн бұрын

Bella from wilder people!

@shawnjackson3764 7 күн бұрын

The actress playing the woman in charge, is she of white european descent ? or is she a very lightskin polynesian ? because it can really change the reading of the movie.

@beryl3066 25 күн бұрын

women have been bound by misfortune for this issues but it also other women who encouraged them to more than their traditional role. This is because their significant role in society .

@carlycrays2831 23 күн бұрын

It is more that these specific girls were targeted for forcible sterilization. They weren't being trained to be great scientists or businesspeople, they were just being taken out of the gene tool because a bunch of people decided that they weren't wanted.

@peterschorn1 21 күн бұрын

"Send out--the Rover."

@Dana-eq5nz 25 күн бұрын

I loved JoJo Rabbit, so 🤞for this film.

@geronimodemiam8846 25 күн бұрын

🤔 I don't know

@aal-e-ahmadhussain3123 7 күн бұрын

Inna lillahi wa inna illayhi rajioon The oppression these people wrought on others has yet not been set right. And their moral and economic heirs don’t believe they owe anything to anyone.

@stillnai 8 күн бұрын

when u love nz cinema buț live in the uk -_-

@yanina.korolko 24 күн бұрын

Men and religion😢… thousands of years of female abuse😢

@edwardcatt2399 22 күн бұрын

How so?

@thoughtherder8678 21 күн бұрын

Exactly.

@JohnSmith-lo8cn 13 күн бұрын

Its good then that some men fought to stop this abuse, reduce their rights to give women equal chances and invented modern technology.... you know - so you can sit on your couch in your peaceful country and whine about men all day long.... Also read about female rulers in history. They werent any better and some even worse. Its funny how they are now glorified in mass media and how people naively belive that the world would be a better place under women rule. 😂

@cocobunitacobuni8738 5 күн бұрын

This would just depress me

@shudtt09 7 күн бұрын

An example of Patriarchal society at its most base.

@Jo-yp8wy 20 күн бұрын

People are waffeling on about the music. Ffs. Take a look at history.

@ChannelZero1031 22 күн бұрын

Spoiler in trailer: Water splashing at the end and the girl on the raft/boat holding on to the wooden stick (most likely a raft) as she escapes the island. The matriarch also displays a lot of Narcissism and some scapegoating. She tends to abuse the girls verbally while displacing her own shadow side on to the girls.

@jamesrobertarchbald6357 7 күн бұрын

instead of cell phones girls just use to lez out.. i will now finsh watching this to see how right i am… ah well they kinda allude to it we’ll see im on to yall 👀

@Markph7 26 күн бұрын

Exciting for these young women to get roles to show their talent! The ensemble cast looks wonderful and the visuals. But, In terms of plot and character development It looks like every other Disney movie for youth - repressive society is holding down rebellious and free individuals who must resort to extraordinary means to break down the power of “the man” And once liberation happens, there is Paradise for all except the repressive head mistress who must die Or be confined to an insane asylum. How about a more three-dimensional character for the head mistress? How about the self-destruction that victims of early sexual abuse often find themselves engage in the age of these young women? How do they overcome trauma? With endemic drug problems, mental health crises, and suicide, worldwide, including in New Zealand among the poor and ingineous, I don’t think this plot is really what young people need anymore. If only the girls on the island discovered botany or Zoology or art skills or entrepreneurship to sell things to the mainland or tribal education from a secret text smuggled into the dorms! if they discovered ghosts and spirits on the island, it would be better than just another coming of age story of “liberation by rebellion”

@unkindestcut 26 күн бұрын

You can’t really gauge the dimensionality of the headmistress fro a 30 second trailer. And, rebellion against repression doesn’t need to result in drug addiction and sexual trauma, though that’s probably something “the Man” would teach. I like your ideas about tribal education and the supernatural, though.

@kimberlyjeanne9456 26 күн бұрын

Yeah but we all know how history actually turned out, or at least we all should

@wookiecheese 6 күн бұрын

Looks crap

@normmaclean375 25 күн бұрын

Same old formula- just another film endorsing the heroine of self and "freedom" and denigrating people of faith as villains- and make sure you get the cross in every character-condemning shot. Not enough courage to take on religions that use and mistreat women like property?

@julesmasseffectmusic 24 күн бұрын

Yeah blaming child abusers for absuing children is anti Christian. 😂

@julesmasseffectmusic 24 күн бұрын

@@jaronfoojishan2388 if it was true to life half 5he run time would be rapes

@carlycrays2831 23 күн бұрын

But this happened

@MsPeaches2you 23 күн бұрын

So did plenty of other good things. Not every church is evil, not every pakeha is against Māori. As normmaclean says, it’s another film endorsing anti colonisation. Bravo to Rima Te Wiata though. I met her when I did a performance with my high school in Wellington. One of the nicest and most gracious women I’ve ever met.

@PHDWhom 23 күн бұрын

@@MsPeaches2youanti colonization is the most important point, and I do want to see this.