In Reality: The New Zealand Documentary Conference
July 17 - September 30 1996
Auckland
Four international documentary makers will be attending New Zealand's first
documentary conference In Reality. The conference will give people the rare
opportunity to discuss documentary film-making's past, present and future.
In Reality starts with a free lunchtime lecture series in mid-July and will
continue through August with screenings, and presentations. At then end of
September, In Reality will wrap up with a conference and workshops. These
events
are being organized by the Moving Image Centre and the Centre for Film,
Television
and Media Studies at the University of Auckland.
The visitors are Ellen Spiro, a Hi-8 guerilla video maker; Jayne Loader,
producer/director of Atomic Cafe, CD-ROM author and "Worldwidewench"; Victor
Masayesva, Hopi film director; and Brian Winston, Emmy-award winning documentary
script writer, author, and university professor. They will be talking about
different aspects of documentary film-making at the conference along with
prominent
New Zealand documentary makers, critics and historians. They will also be
holding
workshops.
In Reality is also pleased to present several screening programmes which will
include past favourites from the Auckland International Film Festival as well as
historical and hard to see documentaries from New Zealand and abroad.
For more information, contact:
The Moving Image Centre, 09 373-2772, fax: 373-4830
The Centre for Film, Television and Media Studies,
09 373 7599 x7464, fax: 373 7429 or [log in to unmask]
WEEKLY LECTURE SERIES
OVERVIEW
At 1 pm on Wednesdays from July 17th through September 25th, some of New
Zealand's
foremost and innovative critics, historians and makers will give hour-long
multi-media presentations on a variety of current, controversial and
historically
significant issues in New Zealand documentary.
This lecture series will be modelled on the series Image-Sound-Politics
organised by
the Centre for Film, TV & Media Studies in 1994 which was well attended by a
broad
cross-section of the general public as well as by students and academic faculty.
We
are confident that we will similarly attract a large audience with this series.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
July 17 "New Zealand on Television: Documentary-making in the '90s,"
Associate-Professor Roger Horrocks, Director of the Centre for Film, Television
and
Media Studies, University of Auckland.
July 24 "The Politics of Community Video Production," Leonie Pihama, Lecturer in
Maori Education.
July 31 "Tabloid News, Tabloid Politics," Professor Colin Seymour-Ure,
Professor of
Government,Department of Politics and International Relations, University of
Kent at
Canterbury, UK. University of Auckland Foundation Visitor. Introduced by Ian
Fraser.
Aug 7 "Paradise Captured: Flaherty's Moana" Lisa Taouma. Art History
Department,
University of Auckland.
Aug 14 "Immigrant Nation: Documentary Television and the Articulation of
National
and Cultural Identities " Dr Jane Roscoe, Lecturer, Film and Television Studies,
University of Waikato.
Aug 21 "The Documentary in New Zealand Television: Market or Audience," Tom
Finlayson, film and television producer.
Sept 11 "Chris Marker's Sunless: Memory, Virtuality, and Belief,"
Dr Thierry Jutel, Film Studies Lecturer and Coordinator, University of Otago.
Sept 18 "John O'Shea: Towards a poetics of documentary," Laurence Simmons,
Senior
Lecturer, Centre for Film, Television and Media Studies, the University of
Auckland.
Sept 25 "Lost in Translation: Fa'afafine and the Erasure of Sex," Lee Wallace
is a
lecturer in the Women's Studies programme at the University of Auckland.
MEET THE MAKERS
In Reality will be presenting several opportunities for the local filmmaking
community to screen documentaries and talk to their makers in an informal
setting.
These evenings will give film/video makers, students, and interested members of
the
public a rare chance to hear personal accounts and the filmmaking philosophies
of
these documentary makers -- as well as to ask questions. The sessions on four
successive Thursday evenings in August at the Auckland Art Gallery.
Proposed speakers (2 per evening):
Shirley Horrocks
Bruce Morrison
Keith Hunter
Annie Goldson
Mona Papali'i
Seth Keen
Judy Rymer
Robin Scholes
Julienne Stretton
Helene Wong
THE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Mid-September 16 mm and video documentaries screen at the Auckland Art
Gallery
Auditorium
Documentaries from overseas as well as those produced locally in New
Zealand
will screen at the Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium each evening.
Matinees
will screen Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The series will begin with an
evening of documentaries by John O'Shea, curated by Laurence Simmons and
conclude with a special tribute screening of Bill Saunders'
documentaries,
presented by Catherine Saunders.
Late September 35 mm theatrical documentaries screen at the Rialto Cinema
Major international documentaries created for theatrical release will
screen at the Rialto Newmarket. This will be a rare opportunity to
see
acclaimed feature length works in Auckland.
Friday 27 Conference opening & premier screening of a New Zealand
documentary
at the Rialto Cinema.
THE CONFERENCE
FORMAT
There will an opening event and screening on the Friday night at the Rialto.
During
the weekend, there will be four panels, two on Saturday September 28th and two
on
Sunday September 29th. Each panel will begin with a 45 minute keynote speech
followed by a question and answer session. Three panelists will follow with
twenty
minute presentations. A discussion session will follow. On the Monday and
Tuesday
following the conference there will be three workshops.
VENUE
The Documentary Conference will be held at the Conference Centre on the
University
of Auckland campus.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH
CONFERENCE OPENING, THE RIALTO CINEMA.
As a culmination of the Documentary Festival and in anticipation of the weekend
conference, we will premier recent New Zealand documentary/ies and hold an
opening
ceremony.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28th
MORNING PROGRAMME
PANEL 1
INDIGENOUS IMAGES: WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT CROSS-CULTURALLY?
One of the strongest traditions of documentary has been one that represents
"other"
non-western cultures. This practise of cross-cultural documentary has faced
serious
challenges in the last twenty years, particularly from indigenous and
non-western
communities, many of whom were the subjects of these documentaries. This has
raised
many questions for both makers, subjects and audiences. Who has the right to
represent cross-culturally? What are the issues involved?
9:30 - 10:15 Keynote: Victor Masayesva
10:15 - 10:45 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Panel 1: Annie Collins
Michael King
Tainui Stephens
Convenor: Sarina Pearson
12:00 - 12:45 Discussion
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
BIOGRAPHY OF CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Victor Masayesva
United States
Hopi film-maker Victor Masayesva is a prominent and innovative force in
indigenous
media today, both as a maker and a commentator. His body of work, including
Imagining Indians (1992), has played in major festivals from New York to
Amsterdam
and on public television stations.
Annie Collins
New Zealand
Annie Collins is an editor as worked in the industry for 20 years. She has
post-produced a wide range of documentaries including Betrayal, Mana Waka, The
Negleccted Miracle, Patu!, Rewi Alley in China, and The Humble Force.
Michael King
New Zealand
is a historian and biographer who has been a scriptwriter for 8 television
documentaries made between 1972 and 1993, including (with Barry Barclay) the
landmark Tangata Whenua series.
Tainui Stephens
New Zealand
Tainui Stephens is a prolific producer and director who has worked on series
Marae,
Story-tellers of the Pacific, and Koha. He has recently completed a documentary
on
the pianist Michael Houston.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28th
AFTERNOON PROGRAMME
PANEL 2
DOCUMENTARY TODAY
Documentary in New Zealand is popular with its audiences. Currently, it is
produced
almost solely by and for television. What is the role of documentary in
contemporary society? Does commercial television determine the form of
documentary
and the topics covered?
2:00 - 2:45 Keynote: Brian Winston
2:45 - 3:45 Panel 2: Geoff Steven
George Andrews
Gaylene Preston
Convenor: Roger Horrocks
3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:15 Discussion
SPEAKERS
Brian Winston
United Kingdom
Brian Winston is currently Director of the Centre for Journalism Studies at the
University of Wales in Cardiff. After working on Granada Television's World in
Action, he taught documentary film production at the National Film School and
New
York University. In 1985 he won an Emmy for documentary script-writing. He is
also
an writer and his new book Claiming the Real, is a history of documentary.
Geoff Steven
New Zealand
Geoff Steven is Executive Producer at TV3, reponsible for all local production
including Inside New Zealand, a 30 x 1hour documentary series. He has worked as
an
independent producer for more than 20 years, during which time, he has produced
and
directed such works asTe-Matakite O Aotearoa - the Maori Land March (1975), Skin
Deep (1978), Rewi Alley in China (1979), Signatures of the Soul (1984), and
American
Pie (1989).
George Andrews
New Zealand
George Andrews has worked as an award-winning director/reporter and writer since
1974. He is the former head of Television Documentariesand was one of the
founders
of TV3. Amongst his many other works, he produced the ten part series Landmarks
and
has recently completed The Game of Our Lives, a four-part special exploring the
game
of rugby as part of New Zealand's social history.
Gaylene Preston
New Zealand
Known locally and internationally for her features and mini-series, Gaylene's
first
film was the documentary, All The Way Up There (1978). Between 1978 and 1995,
Gaylene has made five documentaries (plus her involvement with Patu!) including
her
latest theatrical feature documentary, War Stories (1995). THE CONFERENCE
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29th
MORNING PROGRAMME
PANEL 3
DOCUMENTARY & NATIONAL IDENTITY
Documentary in New Zealand was largely established during the war and post war
period, and became powerful in shaping a sense of national identity. Today,
documentary makers project multiple images of individuals and the country. But
what
is the image of 'ourselves' and are there those who are excluded from
representations of nationalism?
9:30 - 10:15 Keynote: John O'Shea
10:15 - 10:45 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Panel 1: Russell Campbell
Neil Roberts
Merata Mita
Convenor: Annie Goldson
12:00 - 12:45 Discussion
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
SPEAKERS
John O'Shea
New Zealand
John O'Shea's practical and critical involvement with local drama and
documentary
(through Pacific Films) spans the last forty-five years. As well as
producing/directing the only three New Zealand feature films made in the 50s and
60s, John produced the landmark Tangata Whenua (1974) series of documentaries.
Russell Campbell
New Zealand
Russell Campbell is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre and
Film at Victoria University. He wrote for the New York counter-cinema magazine
Jumpcut, was founding editor of the Wellington film/arts magazine Illusions, and
has
published a book Cinema Strikes Back: Radical Filmmaking in the United States
1930-42 (1982). He formed Vanguard Films in 1979 which has made several films
and
videos.
Neil Roberts
New Zealand
Neil Roberts is Chairman of Communicado and has a special interest in
information
programmes. His background is in print journalism and in television, working in
current affairs, political reporting and documentaries. He was executive
Producer
of the series, New Zealand at War and The Way we Were.
Merata Mita
New Zealand
Merata Mita is an activist, actor, writer, and feature and documentary director.
She
co-directed or directedBastion Point Day 507 (1980), The Hammer and the Anvil
(1980), Keskidee-Aroha ,The Bridge (1982),Karanga Hokianga, Patu! (1983), and
Mana
Waka (1937-40/1990). Currently, Merata is completing a documentary on
painter/sculptor, Ralph Hotere. THE CONFERENCE
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29th
AFTERNOON PROGRAMME
PANEL 4
DOCUMENTARY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
What is the future of documentary? How are new technologies determining its
shape,
its funding and its distribution? Rumours suggest that new technologies are
poised
to 'revolutionise' broadcasting and communication structures. How will this
affect
documentary form and content? Will multiple, dedicated channels and increasing
opportunities for image manipulation influence the documentary 'ideal' and
documentary production and distribution in New Zealand?
2:00 - 2:45 Keynote: Jayne Loader
2:45 - 3:45 Panel 4: Trish Stevenson Barry Barclay
Ellen Spiro
Convenor: David Jacobs
3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:15 Discussion
SPEAKERS
David Jacobs
New Zealand
David Jacobs is managing director of Small World Aotearoa Ltd which is a
television
programming and consultancy company. He has produced and directed numerous
documentaries that have been broadcast internationally and has a particualr
interest
in using new technologies to explore alternative distribution methods.
Jayne Loader
Filmmaker, multi-media artist and writer, Jayne Loader has recently completed
Public
Shelter, a CD-ROM about Atomic Age history and culture, which received two
major
awards at COMDEX this year (the multimedia equivalent of the Acadmey Awards).
Her
multi-media project extends the ideas and practise of found footage documentary
representation, advanced with her 1982 cult classic, The Atomic Cafe which she
produced, directed and edited.
Barry Barclay
New Zealand
Known internationally for his feature films, Ngati and Te Rua, Barry Barclay
directed the Tangata Whenua (1974) series for Pacific Films as well as The
Neglected
Miracle (1985). He is currently producing CD-ROM project, entitled The
Journals.
Trish Stevenson
New Zealand
Trish Stevenson is the director of the board of New Zealand on Air and a new
technologies specialist. She is currently working as a media strategist in
Wellington.
Ellen Spiro
United States
Ellen Spiro is a North American video documentarist whose background is as a
media
activist, working with groups such as DIVA and ACT-UP. She has worked primarily
in
small format video (hi-8) which she then broadcasts. Her documentaries which
include
Greetings from Out Here, DiAna's Hair Ego, and her newest work, Roam Sweet Home,
have been broadcast internationally. DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOPS
Brian Winston, a teacher and documentary maker from Wales, who won an Emmy for
documentary script-writing, will hold a writing workshop. North American, Ellen
Spiro, known for her innovative use of Hi-8 video will conduct a workshop on
directing lo-format documentaries. Jayne Loader, an award-winning CD-ROM writer,
will discuss directing, producing and distributing CD-ROM and the process of
transforming film to CD-ROM formats.
Mon. Sept 30 BRIAN WINSTON -- Documentary concept and script development.
Mon. Sept 30 ELLEN SPIRO -- Guerilla video: Hi-8.
Tues Oct 1 JAYNE LOADER -- Film to CD-ROM: Marketing and distribution on
the
Internet.
Wellington dates to be confirmed.
Annie Goldson
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University of Auckland
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Auckland
New Zealand
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