the road to independent filmmaking as a choice
I started with this film and then went on to make a linking film. These I began to call 'companion pieces'
Film One
I want to be Joan (1977)
This was a film commissioned from me in 1977. I was asked to make a project from
out of a convention for women
The experience of producing this was
deeply touching
it became my student graduation film
I was all of 29 years old
It led to my nex producing
IN JOY after I toured the country
Vitrine. Books on New Zealand Film collection. The National Library. Wellington. 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011. Photograph by Stephanie Beth
thoughts on the non fiction film
Every evening after dinner, Maggie Eyre ran a debrief on the day's workshops.
Four four days before shooting IN JOY, I attended a clown workshop with Maggie. Consummately unskilled, I watched her. I employed Jane Zusters as stills photographer/artist to watch the whole occasion throughout.
Filming in America Film 3
US AND THE GAME INDUSTRY(2014)