9 Mar 2024

Lee Tamahori and Robin Scholes: The Convert

From Saturday Morning, 9:05 am on 9 March 2024
The new movie 'The Convert'.

The new movie 'The Convert'. Photo: The Convert

Film director Lee Tamahori and producer Robin Scholes have a long history of collaboration, beginning with 1994's Once Were Warriors, which launched both their careers.

Their latest offering, The Convert, starring Guy Pearce, opens in cinemas next week.

A loose adaptation of Wulf by New Zealand author Hamish Clayton, The Convert features a largely Māori cast and follows the story of Munro, a war veteran-cum-preacher who comes to Aotearoa  in 1830.