Racial Profiling and Stereotyping in New Zealand's Film Industry

Hanelle Harris is the director, writer and producer of 'SIS' - an upcoming sketch show on Comedy Central. The show is dedicated to brown voices finally having their voices heard. Because often in the film industry movies and television shows that feature Māori people often stereotype them and tell their stories through a white person's perspective.

This week on The Nasty Woman Club podcast host Demi Lynch spoke with Hanelle about how the media can influence our bias towards people of different cultures, backgrounds and races. She said having white perspectives speak on the behalf of Māori people dehumanises them and can encourage discrimination, in particular racial profiling. The filmmaker also discussed how colonised countries need to repair their relationships with their Indigenous people as many are still experiencing the after effects of colonisation.

For more information on 'SIS' head to the Instagram page @sistheshow .

The one hour comedy sketch show is available now on Comedy Central

To help Hanelle and the team behind SIS they recommend liking, commenting and sharing Act 1 of the show. Act 1 is on the show's Instagram page. It's called 'Brown People Problems and it's available on IGTV.

The Nasty Woman Podcast is hosted and produced by Demi Lynch.

To keep up to date with the podcast head to The Nasty Woman Club on Instagram and Facebook.

For more stories on intersectional feminism and women empowerment head to thenastywomanclub.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.