The Piano | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Dame Jane Campion [link to https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/set/item/523] made history with The Piano...
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Heavenly Creatures | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Following the success of Peter Jacksonʼs earlier films Bad Taste (1988) and Braindead (1992) he...
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Once Were Warriors | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Based on the Alan Duff novel, with a screenplay by Riwia Brown, Once Were Warriors became the...
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Uncomfortable Comfortable | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Uncomfortable Comfortable was shot, edited and exhibited by a group of friends in Wellington, on...
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Whale Rider | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
In 1999, the incoming Labour Government created a $22 million fund to enable experienced...
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He Tangata Whai Rawa o Weneti / The Māori Merchant of Venice | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Shakespeareʼs The Merchant of Venice was translated into Māori in 1945 by Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones...
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Sione’s Wedding | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
“Sione’s Wedding is a very deliberate attempt to reflect contemporary urban Samoan life with its...
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The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is a big story. This documentary is not just the story of two...
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Boy | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Boy initially came out to indifferent reviews, but eventually went on to become a box-office hit,...
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The Orator | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The Orator was made by the Wellington director Tusi Tamasese and was the first-ever Samoan...
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He Kākano Ahau – From the Spaces in Between | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Kathleen Winter’s He Kākano Ahau embraced a new format and a new platform.
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Serious representations of life | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Historical Dramas aim to educate as well as to entertain. In this excerpt the soldiers lie to a...
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Focus on events | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
This excerpt focuses on a close up of Brigadier-General Francis Johnston’s face changing from...
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Mise-en-scène | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Mise-en-scène means the visual theme of a film composition: sets, props, actors, costumes and...
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A protagonist who is easy to relate to | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
This scene of troops arriving at Gallipoli takes place before the main body of the narrative. We...
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Complex plot | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Titles state this is the British Army Headquarters at ANZAC Cove in Turkey. Connelly is told his...
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Characteristics of Documentary: Revealing Gallipoli | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Characteristics of Documentary: Revealing Gallipoli
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Archival footage | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Archival footage of Istanbul and the German Kaiser visiting the Turkish Sultan, adds legitimacy...
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Re-enactment | Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
This documentary uses a form a re-enactment: Professor Keith Jeffrey climbs up the steep hill at...
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