BACKCHAT. SERIES I. EPISODE 19

New Zealand arts programme featuring film and exhibition reviews and interviews with local and overseas artists.

00:00:31 Traditional style churches lose out to more charismatic churches; Father Craig Larkin, Society of Mary; Reverend Dr Alan Jamieson, Baptist church; Anthony Walton, The Rock.

00:09:00 Studio debate on traditional style churches falling attendance’s with Paul Morris, Religious Studies - Victoria University, Alyson Murrie-West, licensed Presbyterian minister and Bruce Logan, Education Development Foundation; item on children appearing in musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’; Sophie O’Sullivan; Glen Drake, ‘Joseph’; Jackie Clarke, ‘narrator’; Amy Barnett; Ashworth Sundaresan; Bridget Marten.

00:27:30 An item on New Zealand film making industry in crisis; Gaylene Preston, filmmaker; Costa Botes, filmmaker; Philippa Campbell, producer ‘Via Satellite’; studio debate with Dr Ruth Harley, head of NZ Film Commission.

00:43:00 Results of Montana New Zealand Book awards; interview with Catherine Chidgey, author of ‘In a Fishbone Church’.

00:51:00 Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia; Emmanuel Kaserherou, Kanak Culture Development Agency (ADCK); Octave Togna, director general (ADCK); Shane Cotton, John Pule, New Zealand artists; Kate Townsend, lecturer in Fine Arts, Canterbury University; Roger Boulay, pacific art and culture specialist; Marie-Claude Tjibaou, president (ADCK); Jennifer Bush, film director; Tina Wirihana, Michael Tuffery, New Zealand artists; listings.

01:00:30 Film review of ‘The Boys’ and ‘The Road to Noo (?)’ with Chris Knox.
01:07:30 Backchat and letter of the week.
01:11:40 end