Kaleidoscope
NZ Cinema, the Past Decade
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.
- Year: 1987
- Country: New Zealand
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BCNZ, Television New Zealand
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- Director: Howard Taylor
- Cast: Merata Mita, Roger Donaldson, John Barnett, Geoff Murphy, Larry Parr, Gaylene Preston
