Watch The Lascar Online

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The Lascar

The Lascar Online

  • Genres: History, Adventure, Drama, Western
  • Release Date: 11/08/2024
  • Duration : 35 minutes
  • Director: Adi Parige
  • Country: New Zealand

Overview:

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.

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