Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Picks Up Merata Doco
American director Ava DuVernay, of A Wrinkle in Time fame, has acquired the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) documentary MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen. The pick-up by DuVernay’s film collective, ARRAY…
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Biculiterature
The US readers’ magazine Pages (‘the magazine for people who love books’) focuses on literature from Aotearoa-NZ in its monthly global focus. Contributing editor Bethanne Kelly Patrick focuses on biculturalism and asks, “Maoris and Pakehas are…
Purapurawhetu: Shining Stars
Purapurawhetu, Briar Grace-Smith’s 1997 award-winning play, has completed a successful tour of Canada and is now on its way to Delphi in Greece. This has been a mega year for Grace-Smith, who received an…
Happy Days Inspires Maori Playwright Briar Grace-Smith to Tell New Zealand Stories
“New Zealanders are becoming bolder and prouder about who we are. We’re no longer looking overseas for our theatre. We’re telling our own stories and feeling good about it. And not just Maori”
