The Lascar

At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has been abandoned on the coast of Aotearoa NZ by the East India Company, alongside his sealing gang. When Dasa finds himself in the middle of a conflict between his abusive British superior and two Māori traders, he is faced with a choice: bend the knee or take a stand.

• Adi ParigeDirector
• Adi ParigeWriter
• Jose JugoOriginal Music Composer

• Vinith ShivaDasa
• Mark MatthewsFreddie
• Tanea HekeMāia
• Mohammad KunwarMamun
• Fredrick PokaiRui
• Finn McCauleyGunther
• Ian BlackburnOswald
• Poonam Batra MalhotraPoetic Narration