THIS WEEK’S SBS WORLD MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS:
- Audio Description (AD) available for Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Woodstock, Once Were Warriors, The Colour of Justice, Waru, Race and The Dark Horse
- Closed Captions (CC) available for Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Woodstock, Once Were Warriors, Expedition Bermuda Triangle and Race
WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY
Ray Charles: Live At Montreux
9:30pm, NITV
G
UK, 2008
Genre: Music
Language: English
What’s it about?
At the 1997 Montreux Jazz Festival, Ray Charles shows off his prodigious talents and wows the audience with such tunes as “I Don’t Know,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “Mississippi Mud,” “Busted,” “You Made Me Love You,” “Angelina,” “Song for You,” “Do It to Me Slow,” “Shadows of My Mind,” “People Will Say We’re in Love” and more.
Goon
10:25pm, SBS VICELAND
MA15+
Canada, USA, 2012
Genre: Comedy
Language: English, French
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Liev Schreiber, Marc-André Grondin, Alison Pill
What’s it about?
Doug Glatt (Scott), a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling, is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the “muscle.” Despite the fact that Glatt can’t skate, his best friend, Pat (Baruchel), convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league’s reigning goon (Schreiber) becomes threatened by Glatt’s success and decides to even the score.
THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY
The Dead Lands
9:35pm, NITV
MA15+
New Zealand, 2014
Genre: Action
Language: Italian, Maori
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka
What’s it about?
After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, Hongi (Rolleston) – a Maori chieftain’s teenage son – must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace to the souls of his loved ones. Vastly outnumbered by the enemy, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the forbidden Dead Lands to forge an uneasy alliance with the mysterious ‘Warrior’, a ruthless fighter who lives there. Directed by Toa Fraser (Dean Spanley).
FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
7:30pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 11 February, 10:00am)
PG, AD, CC
New Zealand, 2016
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Language: English
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata
What’s it about?
Written and directed by Taika Waititi (Boy, Jojo Rabbit), the film follows Ricky (Dennison), a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heartfelt adventure.
The World’s Most Legendary Brothel
9:50pm, SBS VICELAND
M
Netherlands, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Language: Dutch
Director: Anna Maria van ‘t Hek
What’s it about?
Yab Yum, Amsterdam’s most legendary brothel, was forced to close its doors more than 10 years ago after the exclusive and vibrant club turned into a dodgy criminal hub. Director Anna Maria van ‘t Hek found those who once worked there, they share with her their turbulent past. They tell their stories, both extravagant and painful, about Yab Yum’s glory days and how it all went tragically wrong.
SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY
Woodstock
8:30pm, SBS VICELAND
M, AD, CC
USA, 2018
Genre: History, Documentary, Music
Language: English
Director: Barak Goodman, Jamila Ephron
What’s it about?
In August 1969, nearly half a million people gathered at a farm in upstate New York to hear music. What happened over the next three days, however, was far more than a concert. It would become a legendary event – one that would define a generation and mark the end of one of the most turbulent decades in modern history.
Once Were Warriors
8:30pm, NITV
MA15+, AD, CC
New Zealand, 1994
Genre: Drama
Language: Maori
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Temuera Morrison, Rena Owen, Cliff Curtis
What’s it about?
In this internationally acclaimed and award-winning drama, director Lee Tamahori exposes the day-to-day horror of the lives of an urban Maori family. The film tells the story of the Hekes, and their problems with poverty, alcoholism, and domestic violence, mostly brought on by the family patriarch, Jake Heke (Morrison). Followed by the 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?.
The Colour Of Justice
10:15pm, NITV
M, AD
USA, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Marjolaine Grappe
What’s it about?
In July 2014, Eric Garner, a Black American, died in the street after being violently arrested by a NYC police officer. Five months later, a grand jury declined to indict the police officer.
SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY
Chasing Trane
8:40pm, NITV
M
USA, 2017
Genre: Documentary, Music
Language: English, Japanese
Director: John Scheinfeld
Featuring: Denzel Washington, Antonia Andrews, Bill Clinton, Michelle Coltrane
What’s it about?
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music’s ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:
Expedition Bermuda Triangle
9:30pm, SBS
M, CC
USA, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Joseph C. Sousa
Host: Laurence Fishburne
What’s it about?
A team of investigators unlike any other assembled is taking on one of modern history’s most enduring mysteries: the Bermuda Triangle. This enigmatic 500,000 square miles patch of ocean has been blamed for the disappearance of over a hundred ships and planes in recent history. None, however, are more famous than the loss of Flight 19 in 1945, when five US Navy bombers disappeared without a trace.
Waru
10:30pm, NITV
M, AD
New Zealand, 2017
Genre: Drama
Language: Māori, English
Director: Briar Grace Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Paula Whetu Jones
Starring: Tanea Heke, Roimata Fox, Ngapaki Moetara, Awhina-Rose Ashby, Maria Walker, Kararaina Rangihau, Merehaka Maaka, Acacia Hapi, Antonio Te Maioha, Miriama McDowell, Amber Curreen
What’s it about?
From eight female Māori directors come eight connected stories (in Māori, waru means 8), each taking place at the same moment in time during the tangi (funeral) of a small boy, Waru, who has died at the hands of a caregiver. The eight stories are all subtly linked and follow different female characters as they come to terms with Waru’s death and try to find a way forward in their community.
MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY
Race
9:30pm, NITV
PG, AD, CC
Canada, Germany, 2016
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Language: English
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Carice van Houten, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt
What’s it about?
Based on the story of Jesse Owens (James), the Black athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy.
TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY
Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult
8:30pm, SBS
M
New Zealand, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Noel Smyth, Fergus Grady
What’s it about?
This observational documentary examines the widespread abuse inside the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community cult and the institutional failures that have allowed it to continue. With unprecedented access to the notoriously secretive community, the filmmakers follow a lone family as they mount a ground-breaking legal case against the cult’s powerful leaders.
Love Around the World
8:30pm, SBS VICELAND
M
Croatia, Germany, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Davor Rostuhar, Anđela Rostuhar
What’s it about?
What would a portrait of humankind look like seen through the prism of love? A young married couple decided to turn their honeymoon into a journey around the world, exploring the subject of love through the prism of different cultures, customs, and beliefs. The journey lets us get to know over 130 couples across 30 countries.
The Dark Horse
10:00pm, NITV
M, AD
New Zealand, 2014
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: James Napier Robertson
Starring: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, James Napier Robertson
What’s it about?
The true story of New Zealand chess champion Genesis Potini (Curtis), a man who, despite having to face challenges on his own, finds purpose teaching chess to the children in his community in the hope of helping them avoid a life of crime and violence.
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