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FYI: Taika Waititi is Totes Jewish

Today on Jewcy: The ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ director is both Maori and an M.O.T.

by
Gabriela Geselowitz
October 24, 2017

Taika Waititi is Hollywood’s new darling; the indie filmmaker has gone from making dark comedies in New Zealand to directing Thor: Ragnarok, the latest Marvel mega-flick. And he’s also been in the news as a minority in the film industry; a profile in the New York Times Magazine this past week, for example, talked about his Maori background, an aspect of his identity he publicly emphasizes, and often incorporates into his work.

Gabriela Geselowitz is a writer and the former editor of Jewcy.com.