Documentary
Real stories, real people, what they do or have done, and how it relates to us.
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ARTSPACE – The Dream
[1:54 mins] Alfred Memelink is a Wellington based water-colour painter. In 2012 he bought a pair of building on the Petone foreshore with the view creating a long standing dream of opening a gallery. After failing an earthquake inspection the two buildings were torn down and a single new building built in their place, which I filmed with the view of using it in a documentary about Alfred, which was never completed. The grand opening of the gallery was officiated by the then mayor of Petone and took place in January of 2014. Late in 2024 Alfred came back to me to ask if I could create a couple…
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ARTSPACE – Expanding Rust
[3:20 mins]. Alfred Memelink is a Wellington based water-colour painter. In 2012 he bought a pair of building on the Petone foreshore with the view creating a long standing dream of opening a gallery. After failing an earthquake inspection the two buildings were torn down and a single new building built in their place, which I filmed with the view of using it in a documentary about Alfred, which was never completed. The grand opening of the gallery was officiated by the then mayor of Petone and took place in January of 2014. Late in 2024 Alfred came back to me to ask if I could create a couple…
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ARTSPACE – Concept to Creation
[3:21 mins]. Alfred Memelink is a Wellington based water-colour painter. In 2012 he bought a pair of building on the Petone foreshore with the view creating a long standing dream of opening a gallery. After failing an earthquake inspection the two buildings were torn down and a single new building built in their place, which I filmed with the view of using it in a documentary about Alfred, which was never completed. The grand opening of the gallery was officiated by the then mayor of Petone and took place in January of 2014. Late in 2024 Alfred came back to me to ask if I could create a couple…
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Soldiers Road
Footpath Productions are proud to have been involved in this great Loading Docs project by Louise Pattinson of Liminal Pictures with the help of Taaniko and Vienna Nordstrom and Soldiers Road Portraits. Soldiers Road Portraits seeks to reframe identity in an empowering way by connecting young Māori to their culture through art. The brainchild of Taaniko & Vienna they use writing, photography, and Maoritanga (a way of life through culture & tradition) to create stunning portraits to demonstrate how looking into the past can enrich the future. This Soldiers Road is about a group of young Maori at a crossroads. Kicked out of school and with many of their whanau…
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Holy Places
[2:26 mins] This excerpt is from the first of 3 pilot episodes for a planned TV series, which was to explore how different religions praise the leader of their spiritual enlightenment, define the guidelines to follow on their path to salvation, and the list of values to adhere to while traveling that path. The project was abandoned after the first episode from which this excerpt was taken where Ajahn Kusalo, Abbot of Bodhinyanarama Buddhist Monastery at Stokes Valley, talks about Buddhist values. | Editor Camera: Barry Carter
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Behind The Camera
“Making of” videos are a good way to show what goes into the process of creating a film story. The following shows a ‘behind the scenes’ look at an ambitious feature-length mocumentary project by a couple of teenagers who shot every weekend for a year, or until shooting was completed. Spirit of a Reject is the story of a teenager who feels shunned by society & rejected by his peers and so lives a lonely, homeless existence. Spirit of a Reject
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Music Therapy
Music Therapy is a powerful force that uses music to help people connect with themselves, and each other. It connects damaged pathways in both the brain and the soul thru participation in group performance. Participating in the making of music at any level, including singing or just listening, is one of the most powerful therapies known. It reaches and connects with people of all ages and all levels, from special needs children to the aged. It also connects with people who have been immobilised thru injury or birth. Footpath Productions is proud to have worked with Liminal Pictures in doing the production sound for the making of these videos. …
