THE CONVERT
Directedby LeeTamahori
Thirty years ago, Lee Tamahori made an extraordinary and excoriating feature debut with his adaptation of Alan Duff’s South Auckland-set Afterwards, Tamahori was courted by the big studios to make a Bond movie, a Morgan Freeman crime thriller andamong lesser works. He returned in 2016 to deliver the wonderful based on Witi Ihimaera’s novel It featured several fine performances including by the late Nancy Brunning.