Synopsis
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
Cast

Cliff Curtis
Genesis

James Rolleston
Mana

Kirk Torrance
Noble

Sia Trokenheim
Nurse

Andrew Grainger
Clive

Xavier Horan
Jedi

Roseanne Liang
Nurse

Miriama McDowell
Sandy

Rachel House
Vagrant Woman

Wayne Hapi
Ariki

Lionel Wellington
Rip

Niwa Whatuira
Michael
John Robertson
Chess Coach #1

James Napier Robertson
Dave
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