Hinemoa (1913 film)

For the 1914 film of the same name, see Hinemoa (1914 film).

Hinemoa
Directed byGaston Méliès
Written byEdmund Mitchell
Produced byGaston Méliès
StarringMaata Horomona[1]
CinematographyGeorge Scott
Release date
  • 27 March 1913 (1913-03-27) (U.S.)
Running time
1000 ft or 2 reels
ca. 24 minutes
CountriesFrance
New Zealand
Languagesilent

Hinemoa is a silent film made in New Zealand by Gaston Méliès in 1913.[2]

It is doubtful whether the film was ever screened in New ’Zealand.[citation needed]

Plot

No known copy of Hinemoa survives, but the film would have told the story of the legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai.

Background

In 1912, the Méliès brothers' company Star Film was in some financial strife, as a result of which Gaston Méliès travelled to the South Pacific in search of fashionably exotic locales, people and stories.[3]

Hinemoa was one of five two-reel films screened in New York City in 1913; probably including three other 1913 films he shot in New Zealand, Loved by a Maori Chieftess, How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride and The River Wanganui. As with the three other films, Méliès sent Hinemoa to the United States for post-production treatment, so it is doubtful if any were shown in New Zealand. Several other films shot by Méliès on the expedition failed to survive the tropical humidity.

See also

References

  1. ^ "People of the Day: Maori Legend and Pictures". The Daily Telegraph. No. 14, 771. Sydney, Australia. 13 April 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 17 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...Maata Hurihancanui, the Maori dancer, is playing the title role In "Hinemoa... The Premier of New Zealand (Sir. Coates),' who saw the picture while in England...
  2. ^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). New Zealand Film, 1912-1996. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558336-6.
  3. ^ The History of Ethnographic Film by Emilie de Brigard, in Principles of Visual Anthropology ed. Paul Hockings, 1995 ISBN 3-11-012627-3


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