8 Aug 2024

Erana James, star of We Were Dangerous

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 8 August 2024

Erana James was still in high school when she landed her first big movie role. That was back in 2017 in The Changeover. Since then, she's had numerous roles, including in the popular Amazon Prime survival drama The Wilds.

She stars in the just released New Zealand feature film We Were Dangerous - a fictional story about a female rebellion at a 1950s New Zealand reform school for so-called delinquent girls. The film premiered to packed screenings at the South by Southwest Festival in the US earlier this year where it was awarded a Special Jury Award. She joins Jesse fresh from opening the Auckland leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

We Were Dangerous

Photo: We Were Dangerous