The Lascar (movie)
- Production country: New Zealand
- Producer: Adi Parige
- Genre: History, Adventure, Drama, Western
- Release date: 8/11/2024
- Run time: 35 min.
Movie description
At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has been abandoned on the coast of Aotearoa NZ by the East India Company, alongside his sealing gang. When Dasa finds himself in the middle of a conflict between his abusive British superior and two Māori traders, he is faced with a choice: bend the knee or take a stand.
