Rising Dust is a hip-hop dance drama taken out of the city streets and into the historical, isolated, rural land of the Hokianga in New Zealand.
With the help of his ancestors, a teenager on the cusp of adulthood stands up to his father and defends his place in his home.
CAST
Mako
David Rawiri Pene
Karl
Rawiri Paratene
Samson
Harlen Hoani-Thompson
Terina
Oriana Whaiapu
Dancers
Kyra Aoake Kaea Pearce Althea Strydom Felicity Moloney Shyvon Campbell Chikhayla Broughton
Adam
Taniora Ngatai
Stevie
Grant Ngatai
Men
Mike Diamond Zak Bristow Graham Josephs
Music Composed and Performed by
Anonymouz
Choreography Created by
Parris Goebel and The Palace
Writer/Director
Jack Woon
Producer
Julia Parnell
In association with
Fresh Shorts – New Zealand Film Commission
