Hinekura | A Young Woman embarks on Spiritual Journey from Child to Warrior

When Hine has her first menstruation, she is sent on a journey, accompanied by other women, to undergo a sacred ritual guiding her from child to woman and warrior. However Hine isn’t quite ready to let her childhood go…

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Hinkekura
Dir. Becs Arahanga

Becs Arahanga’s Hinekura is an empowering declaration: womanhood is something to be celebrated. The film is set in the pristine wilderness of 1600’s Aotearoa and follows Hine (Amy Kahumako Rāmeka), a young Māori girl who has just begun her menses. Hine, accompanied by the women of her village, embark on a journey through the jungle to undergo a sacred ritual. Hine starts this rite-of-passage as a girl, but at its conclusion, she will have stepped into her power, becoming both a woman and a warrior.

Hine begins this journey reluctantly. She is troubled by the blood running down her legs, hesitant to leave home. At one point, she even steals back to the river to play with her friend, Tama (Te Ohorere Reneti). Hine doesn’t want to grow up. Many girls don’t. Long gone are the days of innocent play: now you have breasts and hips and sex appeal and suddenly the world doesn’t seem as safe as it was. Fortunately, Hine doesn’t have to come-of-age alone. She is surrounded by women, young and old, sisters and mothers, ingenues and wise elders, who tenderly and lovingly coax her back to the truth: she is brave, divine, and sacred.

She is destined. - S/W Curator, Lorraine Caffery

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

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