Turn of the Screw
Set on a stage in modern day New Zealand, a young actress, Julia, is a last minute replacement in a theatre production of the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW, for the lead who suddenly pulled out a day before opening. Arriving late at night, Julia must immediately go on stage and perform a dress rehearsal to an empty auditorium. As she interacts with other characters, Julia becomes immersed in the gothic horror production. As her terror increases, Julia begins to suspect that it’s not the fictitious house that’s haunted, but the theatre itself.
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Percy Vs Goliath
A Canadian farmer takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops.
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Pompeii Sin City
Journey back in time, to two thousand years ago, laying bare the myths and characters that helped make this site extraordinary, and rendered it timeless. From the love story between Dionysus and Ariadne, the ambiguous relationship between Leda and the Swan, the bloodlust satisfied by the gladiator fights, to Poppea Sabina's desperate search for immortality, this documentary - film stages and analyses the secret, rather insalubrious side of the city.
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Dream Horse
Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
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Minamata
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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Poppy
Poppy's ambition is to become a motor mechanic – starting with the apprenticeship promised by her late father – is stalled by her super protective brother who has reluctantlyinherited the family workshop/garage business. And it’s not until she teams up with a school friend who needs his car fixed in time to enter the local burnout competition that her plans progress. Poppy is a film about a young woman with Down syndrome who refuses to be defined by disability and takes control of her own life.
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Herself
A young mother escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself.
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Days of the Bagnold Summer
A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom.
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James and Isey
James & Isey follows treasured kuia Isey Cross as she approaches her 100th birthday and her special relationship with her son James. The film's publicity team says it "subtly explores the history of Aotearoa through the lens of [Isey's] lifetime, a centenary milestone which has been achieved through James' unconditional love and Isey's wicked sense of adventure and unstoppable spirit".
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In the Heights
In the Heights centers on a variety of characters living in the neighborhood of Washington Heights, on the northern tip of Manhattan. At the center of the show is Usnavi, a bodega owner who looks after the aging Cuban lady next door, pines for the gorgeous girl working in the neighboring beauty salon and dreams of winning the lottery and escaping to the shores of his native Dominican Republic. Meanwhile, Nina, a childhood friend of Usnavi's, has returned to the neighborhood from her first year at college with surprising news for her parents, who have spent their life savings on building a better life for their daughter. Ultimately, Usnavi and the residents of the close-knit neighborhood get a dose of what it means to be home.
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This Is New Zealand - Redux
When Britain joined the Common Market in 1969, New Zealand suddenly had to start promoting itself to the world, and one of the ways it did so was to take part in Expo 70, in Osaka, Japan. The star attraction at that event was a revolutionary 20-minute film 'This is New Zealand’, made by the National Film Unit that introduced viewers to New Zealand in a glorious three-screen presentation. With highly inventive camera work and editing, it showed everyone where we are, who we are, and – taking advantage of the super-widescreen format – what a spectacularly beautiful land we live in. The film was seen by more than two million people at Expo 70, and by 350,000 more when it returned home afterwards. Hidden from view since that time, this landmark film has been given a stunning restoration by Archives New Zealand and Park Road Post, and it looks – and sounds better than it ever has before. ‘This is New Zealand’ is now being re-released to cinemas beginning in the Wellington region from 3 July 2021 and thereafter around other parts of the nation.
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