July 14, 2016
Norm Hewitt – Making good men, a path to redemption, to reconciliation and ultimately to restoration.
Norm Hewitt – Making good men
Two high profile men, a former All Black and Hollywood actor, reveal their unforgettable account of bullying with unprecedented honesty. Making Good Men is not a story of blame or humiliation. It is a path to redemption, to reconciliation and ultimately to restoration.
On Monday 25th July, Making Good Men will screen on Prime TV at 9.30pm. The documentary tells the story of the violent relationship between Norm Hewitt and Manu Bennett as schoolboys at Te Aute College, and their shared and personal journeys to heal this.
Norm is also a ‘kahukura’ for E Tū Whānau – a Māori kaupapa that focuses on strengthening whānau in order to bring about the kind of fundamental change that prevents violence and any form of transgression occurring in any part of our lives.
Among other things, Norm will be working with groups of men over the coming year to inspire and encourage positive change. Norm has offered the documentary to E Tū Whānau as a tool to support discussion and encourage behavioural change.
The documentary focuses on the need to talk honestly and openly about violence, redemption and breaking the generational cycle of violence within whānau. It is very moving in large part due to the courage Norm and his father displayed in taking responsibility for their choices and behaviours around violence in the past.
Here is the link to documentary promo
http://www.teamokura.com/making-good-men/
Two high profile Kiwis reveal their unforgettable account of bullying with unprecedented honesty. For the past 30 years the bully, former All Black Norm Hewitt, and his target, television actor Manu Bennett, often thought about each other; about their time at boarding school, about the terror Manu experienced at the fists of Norm, and about the lives they both went on to live. They often wondered, independently, what they would say if they ever met. Making Good Men documents their chance meeting and the wider impact it has had on their families and their lives. How it began and why is revealed with brutal honesty, as well as how both men used their past and their hurt to rise to the top of their careers. Making Good Men is not a story of blame or humiliation. It is a path to redemption, to reconciliation and ultimately to restoration. It is a story for every New Zealand family.
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