Interview with New York based NZ writer Maddie Dai on general release day of her film We Were Dangerous
The film had its world premiere in Austin, Texas at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in March 2024, where director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu was awarded the Special Jury Award for Filmmaking in the Narrative Feature Competition, and will also open the NZ International Film Festival 2024.
Directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa (Waru, Ani), We Were Dangerous is written by cartoonist and writer Maddie Dai (Ministry of Jingle), whose work features in The New Yorker, with additional writing from Stewart-Te Whiu.