Dawn Raid Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Dec. 30, 2021

Dawn Raid

Director: Oscar Kightley

Screenwriter: Matthew Metcalfe • Tim Woodhouse

Not Rated Documentary 1 hr, 38 m

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Plot: Dawn Raid is the story of two Manukau Polytechnic students, Andy Murnane and Tanielu Leaosavai'i (aka Brotha D) who turned a bootleg t-shirt business and Hip-Hop night at a local bar in Otara into the influential Dawn Raid Entertainment empire. From humble beginnings to fame and fortune, Andy, Brotha D and the Dawn Raid artists gave voice to a disenfranchised Pacific community, for which the violence of the dawn raids, twenty years previously, was still raw. But the bravado and contempt for the status quo that drove Andy and Brotha D to the top, was also the unravelling of their empire. Unpaid tax debts, rifts between artists, and a feeling of betrayal and failure underpinned the downfall of Dawn Raid Entertainment, though not before they had created an immeasurable musical legacy that would pave the way for future New Zealand artists to reach international audiences.

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The untold story of acclaimed New Zealand music label Dawn Raid Entertainment and its two founders, Andy Murnane and Brotha D, featuring Tanielu “Brotha D” Leaosavaii, Andy Murnane, Judd Apatow, Savage, Mareko, Adeaze and Aaradhna, with exclusive archive footage of Akon, Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop legends.
The untold story of acclaimed New Zealand music label Dawn Raid Entertainment and its two founders, Andy Murnane and Brotha D, featuring Tanielu “Brotha D” Leaosavaii, Andy Murnane, Judd Apatow, Savage, Mareko, Adeaze and Aaradhna, with exclusive archive footage of Akon, Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop legends.

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Dawn Raid was released in VOD / Digital on Tuesday, January 11 , 2022. There were three other movies released on the same date, including Old Strangers, Shin Ultraman and Breeder.

The estimated home release date for Dawn Raid is currently being determined. Stay tuned!