The Lascar
MovieTitle | The Lascar |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Aug 11, 2024 |
Genre | History, Adventure, Drama, Western |
Director | Adi Parige |
Production country | New Zealand |
Run time | 35 min. |
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.