Paula Whetu Jones (R) on finally completing her feature length documentary about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Dr Allan Kerr. Photo: supplied
Auckland film maker Paula Whetu Jones has spent nearly two decades working pro bono on a feature film about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Alan Kerr, which is finally now in cinemas.
She is best known for co-writing and directing Whina, the feature film about Dame Whina Cooper.
She filmed Dr Kerr and his wife Hazel in 2007, when he led a Kiwi team to Gaza and the West Bank to operate on children with heart disease.
What started as a two week visit became a 20 year commitment , involving 40 medical missions to Gaza and the West Bank and hundreds of operations.
Paula Whetu Jones self funded six trips to document the work and the result is the feature film The Doctor's Wife, now being screened free in communities around the country.
