The Lascar
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.
- Genre: History, Adventure, Drama, Western
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- Keyword: maori, sailor, british history, british colonialism, indian, lascar, indian history, aotearoa, settler colonialism, new zealand history, indian sailor
- Cast: Vinith Shiva, Mark Matthews, Tanea Heke, Mohammad Kunwar, Frederick Pokai, Finn McCauley