The Dark Horse
Bravery is contagious
Overview
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
- Production
- Four Knights Film
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- James Napier Robertson
- Writers
- James Napier Robertson
- Producers
- Tom Hern,Timothy White,Cliff Curtis
- Cinematography
- Denson Baker
- Composer
- Dana Lund
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Reno
August 4, 2016
> Something positive to focus on. It is considered as one of the best Kiwi films ever. Inspired by a real person with the severe bipolar disorder. The story centres on the character Genesis Potini, a chess prodigy. Despite his mental issue, he forms a chess club called the Eastern Knights where the underprivileged kids are trained. The film follows his own struggle, as well as his fight for other Maori descent youngsters not to fall prey for the wrong paths. In that perspective, it was very w…