Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner's pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940's.
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Title: Sylvia (1985)
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| Eleanor David | ... | Sylvia Ashton Warner | |
| Nigel Terry | ... | Aden Morris | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | Keith Henderson | |
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Mary Regan | ... | Opal Saunders |
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Martyn Sanderson | ... | Inspector Gulland |
| Terence Cooper | ... | Inspector Bletcher | |
| David Letch | ... | Inspector Scragg | |
| Sarah Peirse | ... | Vivian Wallop | |
| Joe George | ... | Seven (as Joseph George) | |
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Eileen Glover | ... | Lilac |
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Graham Glover | ... | Ashton |
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Tessa Wells | ... | Jasmine |
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Jonathan Porteous | ... | Elliot |
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Cherie Nepia | ... | Pearly |
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Robert Nepia | ... | Ihaka |
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Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner's pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940's.
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