Kaleidoscope

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.

Country:

New Zealand

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

35 minutes

Year:

1987

Director:

Howard Taylor

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Company:

BCNZ,

Television New Zealand

Cast:
Merata Mita

Subject

Roger Donaldson

Subject

John Barnett

Subject

Geoff Murphy

Subject

Larry Parr

Subject

Crew:
Howard Taylor

Director

Allan Honey

Editor

Denis Harvey

Producer

Alison Parr

Presenter

Bernie Wright

Sound Recordist