Gurl

Synopsis

This short film takes place one frantic night as a beautiful young sex worker waits for her salesman lover to whisk her away from her last night on the strip to live happily ever after. But it’s 1975 and she’s a Māori drag queen. And he’s not the ‘white knight’ he said he was.

Top cast

Jay Tewake

GURL/Carmen

Mika X.

Older Carmen

Regan Taylor

Ed/Retired All Black

Jackie Clarke

Sapphire

Brady Peeti