Check out this report on NZ On Screen for TVNZ's flagship 1980s arts show, made to tie in with Nicholas Reid's book about the renaissance in NZ cinema that began with Sleeping Dogs in 1977. Reid and a who's-who of filmmakers discuss many of more than 50 films made in the previous decade - and ponder the uniqueness (or otherwise) of NZ film. The industry's fondness for rural and small town settings, and forceful (often conflicted) male leads is explored; and more neglected areas - M?ori film making and more of a voice for women - are traversed.