This Way Of Life - Cloud South Films (Trailer 1)

"I think that's a huge price to pay for people who don't get things right in this life and don't treat their children right or their spouses right or their fellow man right or themselves right" Peter Karena

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This Way of Life is an intimate portrait of Peter Karena and his family. Masterful in the saddle and Hollywood handsome, Peter lives by an internal code of values and honor largely lost in modern times. Though European, Peter was adopted into a Maori family and is Maori in all but skin. He is a horse-whisperer, philosopher, hunter, and builder, a husband and father. Despite seemingly overwhelming challenges, Peter refuses to compromise. Especially troubling to Peter is his broken relationship with his adopted father a malevolent man who refuses to leave him alone.

Peters wife Colleen Karena (Ngati Maniapoto) is the keeper of her familys taonga tuku iho (heritage). A true matriarch, Colleen sees family as the center of the universe and mothering as the worlds most important job. As the film progresses, we discover her quiet exterior conceals a profound and beautifully articulated approach to parenting resulting in the physical competence and emotional openness of her children.

The film portrays the intimate life of the Karena family. In their early 30s, Peter and Colleen have six kids and 50 horses. We follow them up into the Ruahine ranges and down to their hidden beach camp. Against these isolated backdrops we explore family relationships, their connection to nature, their keen survival skills and their absolute intimacy with each other and their horses.

We watch as Peter and Colleen celebrate the birth of a child and cope with a late miscarriage. Their attempts to navigate the discord between Peter and his father culminate in the theft of his valuable herd of horses and the burning of their beloved family home. Now homeless, we watch as Peter steers his family toward a new way of living and being. Regardless of their hardships, the Karenas manage to never lose sight of the magic in the everyday.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Karena children. Untamed and unafraid, the idea of risk is alien to them. To watch seven-year-old Aurora expertly ride a massive stallion bareback with no more than a rope halter asks us to reexamine our ideas of what children are capable of.

In This Way of Life, the Karenas unite their philosophy with their circumstances, turning hardship into a meaningful and satisfying life.

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[laffzallot]

Hard yakka for city-bred folks that's for sure.

[Purrfectstranger]

It would be totally impossible for some. I know people that don't even like camp grounds where there's hot showers available! The Karena family appear to live life happily without luxuries so it just goes to show that it is possible to live without all this materialistic bullshit we've been accustomed to. There is so much more to life.

[zucckapunch]

Damnnn that's hard yakka living off the land like that but if they're coping, why not eh? I'll have to keep me eye out for this one....looks good.

[Purrfectstranger]

I think we can all learn a little from this family and their values. :)  Namaste

[SassyNZfeet]

Peter hit the nail on the head. If you don't treat your fellow man right there's a price to pay. I can't wait for this to come out on video.

[Purrfectstranger]

I agree. What you put out eventually comes back to you.

[Julka3838]

@BarakianArt: You can get it on onlinefilm(dot)org!

[Julka3838]

The whole movie is available as a legal download on onlinefilm(dot)org. You can purchase it there for 6€to 8€ (Stream and Download). I thought you'd like to know!

[UnoRaza]

The shot of the child galloping bare-back, carelessly, on the HUGE horse is a GREAT shot!

[blukeey]

His children live with no fear in them unless you put fear into them. There children are survivors. This movie is an inspirational movie. I appreciate what I have after watching this dvd

[equustemporal]

I can really say that this is what I dream of everyday :)

[harlowjinx]

This movie speaks to the very core of me. I am blown away.

[wuling09]

just finished watching;;;;what  a beautiful story :):)

[MrMerriTirpakcnieer]

i love the film it was very great. i have wat ched i t a t . .

watch UB last UB movies . cooom (delete UB)

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[soulkotor]

I want this for my kid. . inspirational