"Storm the gates, grab hands with each other, run like red
rovers at the lifeguard chairs, snarl at the bases like wild
starving beast dogs, boost each other up those watchtowers and pull
those motherf***ers down." - Jill Soloway
Amidst the struggle to get work made and seen, is
our filmmaking becoming too polite? Is it enough to take
the role of pleaser rather than disruptor?
Dramaturg and coach Brita McVeigh leads a
conversation with a panel of NZ storytellers about the role of art
and artist in the tumultuous times we find ourselves in.
Writer/director Tearepa Kahi (POI E, MT ZION),
writer/director Daniel Borgman (LOVING PIA, THE WEIGHT OF
ELEPHANTS), novelist Emily Perkins (THE REHEARSAL, NOT HER
REAL NAME) and theatre/performance artist Julia Croft talk
to Brita McVeigh about how the changing political world around
us is impacting the way they approach their work.
A Script to Screen 'The Writers' Room' event
at The Basement, Auckland; Thursday March
23, 5pm drink, 5:30-6:30 talk,
$5 koha appreciated.
http://script-to-screen.co.nz/2017/03/storming-the-gates/