Documentaries
Cinema Club queen Hilda Brodie Smith
Home movie making was huge in The 1960s. But while most people filmed domestic scenes, in Porirua Hilda Brodie Smith was writing, directing and starring in mini dramas and filming documentaries. Hilda… Audio
Mike Durant: Black Hawk Down
Nine to Noon speaks to Mike Durant, a former US army helicopter pilot, shot down over Mogadishu during the United States' disastrous, and short-lived intervention in Somalia in 1993. Audio
Moon Unit Zappa
When asked to describe himself Frank Zappa usually just said "an entertainer", though that's barely scraping the surface. He was the ultimate iconoclast - attacking left and right with equal… Video, Audio
Luit Bieringa's documentary The heART of the Matter
Gordon Tovey was a man on a mission to encourage Kiwi kids to express themselves through art and imagination. His ideas and his legacy are examined in Luit Bieringa's new documentary, The heART of the… Audio
Documentary Edge 2016
Dan Slevin interviews co-director of the DocEdge film festival, Dan Shanan about the 2016 event in Wellington and Auckland. Audio
Tim Wong: 'Out of the Mist'
Film-maker Tim Wong has released his documentary 'Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema' on his website The Lumière Reader. He tells Clarissa Dunn about what prompted him to make… Audio