Dunedin School of Medicine

Lifting of the Makutu

Woven Maori BasketThis critically acclaimed documentary made for television and produced and directed by Peta Carey of Watershed films documents the story of how a large family segregating a lethal disorder – otopalatodigital syndrome type 2 – were engaged by Professor Robertson in a research endeavour to find the causative genetic factor behind their condition. The film, Lifting of the Makutu, tells of how a close collaboration between two groups of people of differing cultural backgrounds evolved and ultimately succeeded in this quest.

 

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