"The Dark Horse" is one of many movies focusing on those on society's margins. In this case it's New Zealand's indigenous population. Cliff Curtis (a Maori actor who has played a variety of ethnicities) stars as chess player Genesis Potini, who helped a group of underprivileged children learn the game. One of the most interesting things about it is that we get to hear the Maori dialect; it's so strong that the movie has subtitles for those scenes. I'm not sure if any Maori got spoken in the movie, but this look at the hard lives that the Maori people have suffered ever since the colonization of New Zealand is a movie that I recommend. More importantly, how often do we get to see the Maoris depicted in cinema? Worth seeing.
Review of The Dark Horse
