World Premiere Christchurch 30 Oct 2021 NZ International Film Festival With filmmaker Kathleen Gallagher and writer Dylan Pyle we travel throughout Aotearoa New Zealand from Whangamarino in the north to Ōkarito in the South with fishermen, local iwi, farmers, healers, artists, scientists, trappers, teachers and students – as they replant, reflood and restore our old […]
Films
Seven Rivers Walking – Haere Maarire
Watch the Trailer– There is something in the water… Rent – Buy – Stream – DVD New Zealand Only from $6.99 Reviews “The film cut through a cultural limitation I carry, that is, a lack of ‘felt’ awareness with the natural world. It happened as grief began to moisten my eyes. I felt a kinship […]
Sky Whisperers – Ranginui
This fascinating environmental feature calls us to a closer intimacy with our skies… Celestial navigator climatologists a Nobel prize winning scientist biodynamic, Maori and radio astronomers, farmers, fishermen and business folk who observe the sky, the air, the stars, the moon and sun cycles. Together they show how we can establish a way of observing, […]
Water Whisperers – Tangaroa
“This beautifully put together and refreshingly optimistic local doco is one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen in months … Seeing an eco-doco so informative, entertaining, light of touch and unashamedly Kiwi was a real treat … Four stars, easy … a very accomplished and compelling film.” Graeme Tuckett – Dominion Post, Wellington This […]
Earth Whisperers – Papatuanuku
“This inspirational film weaves together NZ”s stunning landscapes, eclectic characters and unique sounds in a poetic message of protection for Planet Earth .” Nick Smith – NZ Minister for the Environment Kathleen Gallagher’s latest film Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku was shot at spectacular locations around New Zealand by acclaimed cameramen Alun Bollinger and Mike Single. This absorbing […]
Spirit of Mercy – Ngā Wāhine Atawhai
In 1918 the Sisters of Mercy founded Villa Maria School with 9 pupils in an old house on 16 acres in the country near Christchurch. This film explores the story of the Sisters of Mercy of Christchurch and their pupils, what they were up to and what they got up to in the world… We […]
Healing Journeys – He Oranga He Oranga
Watch this beautiful 1 hour documentary for free on Vimeo This inspiring feature documentary follows the journeys of eleven cancer survivors through – bone, bowel, breast, ovarian, prostrate, brain cancers, Hodgkins and non Hodgkins lymphoma, and leukaemia – to health. It begins where the boiling heart of the earth rises up to the surface. It […]
Barefoot Peacemakers
Catholic Worker Aotearoa The world would be better off if people tried to become better, if they stopped trying to become better off…. When everyone tries to become better, everybody is better off.” Peter Maurin who with Dorothy Day co-founded the Catholic Worker Ploughshares community in New York in 1933 during the great depression. This […]