Documentaries
by Point of View include:

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• Juliet Gerrard: Science in a Dark Time
  A documentary about the NZ Chief Science Advisor and the crises she faced in 2020-2021, including the pandemic, the Whakaari/White Island explosion, and climate change.
• Science &
  A series of short documentaries about the work of NZ scientists. Topics include: Plastics, Covid-19, Whole Genome Sequencing, Legalising Marijuana and The White Island Eruption.
• Peter Peryer: The Art of Seeing
  Peryer pioneered and championed the art of photography in Nw Zealand for 4 decades, creating a major body of work.
• Dancing with Atoms: Paul Callaghan
  A world renowned scientist whose influence on New Zealand and its culture has been far-reaching.
• Free Theatre: The 37-year Experiment
  the inside story of the most colourful and controversial theatre company in New Zealand.
• Tom Who?
  A colourful documentary about quirky artist Tom Kreisler.
• Venus: a quest
  Science as adventure, romance and revelation.
• He Wawata Whaea
  Champion of Te Reo Māori, Dr Merimeri Penfold - her life and her dreams.
• Ensemble
  Ensemble: Theatre Corporate presents ‘The Seagull’ by Anton Chekhov.
• Dance of the Instant: The New Dance Group 1945-1947
  An important re-discovered slice of NZ dance history.
• Questions for Mr Reynolds
  A remarkable year with the contemporary artist John Reynolds
• The Comics Show
  A journey into the fascinating world of local comic book creators
• Marti: the passionate eye
  The life and work of photographer Marti Friedlander
• Early Days Yet
  An intimate portrait of the famous poet Allen Curnow
• The New Oceania
  Writer Albert Wendt in Samoa, New Zealand & Hawai’i
• Flip and Two Twisters
  The extraordinary kinetic artist and film-maker Len Lye
• Act of Murder
  Miranda Harcourt performs a powerful play in NZ’s prisons
• Pleasures and Dangers
  Six women innovators in contemporary art
• Transformers
  A lively look at a popular exhibition of contemporary art
• Who Laughs Last
  Roger Hall, New Zealand’s most popular dramatist
• For Love or Money
  New Zealand’s art collectors
• Kiwiana
  A high-rating TV documentary about the icons of New Zealand culture
• Kiwi as
  A sequel to Kiwiana - on our food, colloquial speech, & rural culture
• Putting our Town on the Map
  Local claims to fame in small town New Zealand
• The Real New Zealand
  An inside look at the home stay industry
• Sweet As
  A grass-roots look at the Sweetwaters Music Festival
• See What I Mean
  The experience and culture of deafness
• Station of Earthbound Ghosts
  An extraordinary art exhibition of Leigh Davis’s flags
• Documentaries for the Inside Out series
  Over 50 documentaries - covering many aspects of disability

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[see the lists by genre for additional titles]
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