Film

Gurl

2020 · 20m · Drama

Aroha in the land of forbidden fruit

IMDb

9.0

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.

Jay Tewake

GURL/Carmen

Mika X.

Older Carmen

Regan Taylor

Ed/Retired All Black

Jackie Clarke

Sapphire

Brady Peeti

Gypsy

Ramon Te Wake

Mystik Ra

Richie Cattell

Rugby Lad

Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu

Strap Boy

Whetū Fala

Whaea

Danielle Hayes

Terracotta Blade

Amanduh La Hoare

Lofty Queen

Amanaki Prescott-Faletau

Mystik Ama

Rosanna Raymond

Mystik Maiden

Aaron Ward

White Knight

• Mika X.Executive Producer · Director
• Gerry PassExecutive Producer
• Anastasia DoniantsEditor

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Release date

July 26, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

20m

Rated

16

Budget

$380,000

Genres

Drama