The Dark Horse (2014)
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.
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Keywords: tmdb.chess, tmdb.new-zealand, tmdb.auckland, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.certified-fresh, tmdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.chess + 137 more, imdb.illness, imdb.teenager, imdb.new-zealand, imdb.positive-influence, imdb.assault, imdb.robbery, imdb.auckland-new-zealand, imdb.chess-coach, imdb.anger, imdb.van, imdb.gang-member, imdb.maori, imdb.stability, imdb.redemption, imdb.friendship, imdb.uncle-nephew-relationship, imdb.brother-brother-relationship, imdb.compassion, imdb.national-championship, imdb.chess-team, imdb.chess-club, imdb.chess-player, imdb.doing-the-right-thing, imdb.underdog, imdb.dedicated-teacher, imdb.chess-tournament, imdb.young-chessplayer, imdb.homelessness, imdb.gang, imdb.mental-illness, imdb.looking-at-oneself-in-a-mirror, imdb.boys-room, imdb.overweight-child, imdb.teen-angst, imdb.storytelling, imdb.chess-piece, imdb.education, imdb.oceania, imdb.child-in-jeopardy, imdb.rules, imdb.teaching, imdb.dysfunctional-family, imdb.self-esteem, imdb.montage-with-pop-song, imdb.dignity, imdb.bad-influence, imdb.theft, imdb.children, imdb.animal-in-title, imdb.class-differences, imdb.road-trip, imdb.crying, imdb.raincoat, imdb.dance, imdb.ancestral-heritage, imdb.traditional-dance, imdb.tradition, imdb.tongue, imdb.gang-initiation, imdb.coach, imdb.punched-in-the-face, imdb.compulsion, imdb.compulsive-behavior, imdb.newspaper-article, imdb.hallucination, imdb.gambit, imdb.trophy, imdb.girl, imdb.boy, imdb.drinking, imdb.hospital, imdb.violence, imdb.blood, imdb.flashback, imdb.talking-to-oneself, imdb.stammering, imdb.positivity, imdb.sickness, imdb.medication, imdb.birthday, imdb.psychiatric-hospital, imdb.talent-show, imdb.fundraiser, imdb.single-father, imdb.heritage, imdb.social-commentary, imdb.going-insane, imdb.insanity, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.nosebleed, imdb.monument, imdb.dying, imdb.father-figure, imdb.rain, imdb.story, imdb.prejudice, imdb.bully, imdb.troublemaker, imdb.mumbling, imdb.fear, imdb.pride, imdb.morality, imdb.friend, imdb.game, imdb.strategy, imdb.practice, imdb.money, imdb.chess-clock, imdb.nickname, imdb.gang-tattoo, imdb.tattoo, imdb.tattoo-on-face, imdb.black-eye, imdb.dream, imdb.chess-master, imdb.student, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.responsibility, imdb.chess-lesson, imdb.chessboard, imdb.frustration, imdb.minority, imdb.second-chance, imdb.reform, imdb.team, imdb.teacher-student-relationship, imdb.moral-lesson, imdb.what-happened-to-epilogue, imdb.championship, imdb.independent-film, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.cigarette-smoking, aspectratio.2-39-1, imdb.child, imdb.mentor-protege-relationship
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Production Companies: Four Knights Film
Country: United States
Production Country:
New Zealand
Languages:
English
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