Herbs: Songs of Freedom

Tearepa Kahi
2019-08-06

It's one thing to hold a placard, chant and march against a dragon. It's another to pick up a red guitar and slay the dragon with reggae, and that's Herbs.
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90 min

Five men from different islands throughout the South Pacific join forces in 1978 and find the words and the music within each other to give New Zealand its voice and Pacific place in the world.

Cast

Name Character Team
Bob Marley Self (Archival Footage) Unowned
Will 'Ilolahia Subject Unowned
Walter Bianco Subject Unowned
Annie Crummer Subject Unowned
Pounamu Papali'i Self (Archival Footage) Unowned
Dave Dobbyn Subject Unowned
Leyton Greening Subject Unowned
Joe Hawke Subject Unowned
Willie Hona Subject Unowned
Dilworth Karaka Subject Unowned
Tama Lundon Subject Unowned
Hugh Lynn Subject Unowned
Kaitapu Monga Subject Unowned
Carl Perkins Subject Unowned
Tama Renata Subject Unowned
Charlie Tumahai Subject Unowned
Moana Maniapoto Self Unowned
Temuera Morrison Self (Archival Footage) Unowned
David Lange Self (Archival Footage) Unowned
Oscar Temaru Self Unowned