The read
It runs a compact 20m.
Synopsis
This 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.
Ratings
IMDb9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Mika X.Director
Cast
- Jay TewakeGURL/Carmen
- Mika X.Older Carmen
- Regan TaylorEd/Retired All Black
- Jackie ClarkeSapphire
- Brady PeetiGypsy
- Ramon Te WakeMystik Ra
- Richie CattellRugby Lad
- Gabriel Faatau'uu-SatiuStrap Boy
- Whetū FalaWhaea
- Danielle HayesTerracotta Blade
- Amanduh La HoareLofty Queen
- Amanaki Prescott-FaletauMystik Ama