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Uproar (2023) A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for

Uproar (2023)

A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.

Cast:
Josh Waaka: Julian Dennison
Jamie Waaka: James Rolleston
Shirley Waaka: Minnie Driver
Principal Slane: Mark Mitchinson
Wayne: Ihaka Kelly
Xavier: Zac O'Meagher
Madigan: Rhys Darby
Bullivant: Byron Coll
Sujhal: Sujhal Prasad
Ted: Jack Tyler
Mrs. MacMenigall: Ascia Maybury
Grace Ioane: Jada Fa'atui
Samantha: Erana James
Tui: Mabelle Dennison
Deborah: Hannah Marshall
Man 1: Rhys Latton
Man 2: Dan Eady
Drybergh: Craig Hall
Eric: Ethan McSaveney
David: Drew Young
Mr. Ioane: Aleni Tufuga
Uncle Pere: Eddie Walker
Henry: Johnnie Holder
Mel: Johnathan Hansen
Rugby Fan: Anthony Jacobson
Young Jamie: Ralph Cudd
Pita Waaka: Troy Kingi
Andrew: Jeff Szusterman
Kenneth: Milo Cawthorne
Suzie: Jacinta Compton
Dennis: John Leigh
Riot Police Chief: Mana Hira Davis
Rugby Referee: James Stevenson Wright
Rugby spectator: Alice Ménard
Kaumatua: Leonard Mathews
Town Hall Attendee: Diego Melendez Garcia
Rugby Spectator: Sarah Ogden
Community Group Member: Tracey Ogden

Written by: Hamish Bennett, Sonia Whiteman, Paul Middleditch

Director: Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett

Production: Firefly Films, Caravan Carpark Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Kingston Productions

Release date: 05 Oct 2023

Box Office: $26,316
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