Authenticity

A “Authenticity Productions” FILM
WRITTEN BY Penehamine Netana-Patuawa

A recidivist criminal unexpectedly turns himself in to the police and confesses to a brutal rape.

The Rapist…Abe Tuwhare. Guilty. One word. A word Abe has just said. Guilty. Why? That is what he can’t understand. Why is he telling the truth? He doesn’t know. Maybe he is tired. Sick of it all. Sick of the hate. A life of hate.

The Judge…Darcy O’Donnell. He believes in God, the hereafter, heaven, hell. He is moral, yet, like all men, also immoral. He has a sin, a secret sin. It has never interfered in his professional life, but, you never know, so he has decided this will be his last case, one he finds intriguing. Very unusual, a hardened gang member confessing to a rape five years after he committed it. Why?

The Victim - Resmah Hajib. A beautiful Indian woman of the Muslim faith listens as she is given the news. The man who had viciously raped her five years before had just confessed. Five years. Five years in which she had managed to rebuild her life. Now, it was all back again. Memories which she had managed to bury resurfaced like rabid dogs after a bone. The hate, rage, fear, confusion...all back again.

The Detective…Ataahua Mareta. A lesbian and damn proud of it. She was in love. In love with Resmah. Had been for over five years now, ever since she had interviewed her about the rape. But, she had never told her. How could she? Now the bastard who had raped Resmah had confessed. How can she kill him?

So, the story is set. A court. A crime. Four unique characters. One month. Secrets will be revealed. Others concealed.