The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2014
The Dark Horse
Directed by
James Napier Robertson
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
The story
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
Cast
Cliff CurtisGenesis
James RollestonMana
Kirk TorranceNoble
Sia TrokenheimNurse
Andrew GraingerClive
Xavier HoranJedi
Roseanne LiangNurse
Miriama McDowellSandy
Rachel HouseVagrant Woman
Wayne HapiAriki
Lionel WellingtonRip
Niwa WhatuiraMichael
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