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| Endangered |
Endangered
Tracey Rigney, Australia, 27 mins, 2005, Digital Betacam. Courtesy: Endangered Pictures The men and (mostly) women in Rigney's refreshingly forthright film talk about the scarcity of eligible indigenous partners, the tricky nature of getting together when you're very probably related and deeper issues of cultural identity and pride with wry humour and candour.
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| Dark Horse |
Dark Horse
Jim Marbrook, New Zealand, 70 mins, 2005, Digital Betacam. Courtesy: vfilms
Genesis Potini emerges as much more than Gisborne's reigning speed chess player in Marbrook's affecting, unsentimental portrait.
Streetwise and spiritual in equal measure, Genesis expounds some very persuasive grass roots philosophy even as he struggles with bipolar disorder and prepares to take on a championship level tournament.
Includes Q&A with Jim Marbrook and Genesis Potini.
Australian premiere.
