Mt. Zion

Mt. Zion

Movie |

1970s | Singer

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  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Tearepa Kahi
  • Cast(s): Temuera Morrison, Stan Walker, Miriama Smith, Troy Kingi
  • Duration: 1h 33min
  • Award(s): Film 2013 (Won)
    APFF 2013 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Story:
    Singer Stan Walker makes his acting debut playing the lead role in feature film Mt Zion, shot in Pukekohe, Auckland. Walker stars as Turei, a talented young musician with a dream – for his band to win the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Set amongst a Maori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, in which Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with traditional whanau values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change. Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors), plays Turei’s father, the hard-working head contractor who has some lost ambitions of his own. Mt Zion is written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, who made the international award-winning short film Taua. Stan Walker won the 2009 Australian Idol singing contest and is now signed to Sony Music as a recording artist and EMI publishing as song writer.
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STORY

Story
Singer Stan Walker makes his acting debut playing the lead role in feature film Mt Zion, shot in Pukekohe, Auckland. Walker stars as Turei, a talented young musician with a dream – for his band to win the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Set amongst a Maori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, in which Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with traditional whanau values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change. Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors), plays Turei’s father, the hard-working head contractor who has some lost ambitions of his own. Mt Zion is written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, who made the international award-winning short film Taua. Stan Walker won the 2009 Australian Idol singing contest and is now signed to Sony Music as a recording artist and EMI publishing as song writer.

AWARDS

Won
Film Award

Best Sound | 2013 | Dick

Nominations
APFF Award

Best Music | 2013

Film Award

Best Film | 2013 | Quinton

Best Director | 2013

Best Actor | 2013 | Stan

Best Actress | 2013 | Miriama

Best Supporting Actor | 2013 | Temuera

Best Editor | 2013 | Paul

Best Score | 2013

Best Costume Design | 2013 | Gavin

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 200 USD

TRIVIA

Trivia

Stan Walker is a judge on New Zealand's X Factor due to his musical achievements.

Stan Walker rose to prominence, as the winner of "Australian Idol" (2009), and comes from an extremely talented musical family. His brother, Russ Walker was a finalist on, "The Voice Australia" (2017), and was already an established entertainer, performing on the local circuit, but is now a highly regarded entertainer, both in Australia and New Zealand

Stan Walker has a strong history of cancer in his family, and has actually had his stomach removed due to cancerous cells being discovered. Interestingly, his parents are actually cousins, which could explain the initial cause of the cancer, in his ancestry