This Kaleidoscope documentary timed in with the release of Nicholas Reid’s book A Decade of New Zealand Cinema. The book cherrypicked Reid's favourites from the renaissance in local movies that began with Sleeping Dogs in 1977. Reid and a who’s who of local filmmakers discuss many of the 50+ features from the previous decade (with Bruno Lawrence ever present). They ponder the uniqueness (or otherwise) of Kiwi film. A fondness for rural and small town settings, and forceful, often conflicted, male leads is explored. Neglected areas — Māori film and more of a voice for women — are traversed.
Merata Mita
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Roger Donaldson
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John Barnett
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Geoff Murphy
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Larry Parr
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Gaylene Preston
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Don Reynolds
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Vincent Ward
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Director
Howard Taylor
Original Concept
Nicholas Reid
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