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In this 70-minute documentary children's author Margaret Mahy is interviewed at her Governors Bay home by friend and fellow author Elizabeth Knox. Knox is aided and abetted by Mahy's beloved storybook characters who put her on the spot about their origins. In this excerpt the famous lion from The Lion in the Meadow thanks her for making him yellow, and Mahy talks about eating porridge thrice a day as a young solo mum. Yvonne Mackay directed this seamless mix of real life and Euan Frizzell-created animation. The doco screened as part of TV ONE's NZ Festival series.
At the beginning of this documentary, novelist Elizabeth Knox asks Margaret Mahy how she would describe herself. Mahy replies: "A tall, long faced tale." Her fantastical response sets the tone for ...
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Television, 1986 (Full Length)
A children's film based on Mahy's The Haunting
Television, 2004 (Excerpts)
Another documentary about Margaret Mahy
Television, 1982 (Full Length Episodes)
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More animation from Euan Frizzell
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Brandi
Posted at 04.57PM - 24.10.2009
Does anyone know what the story is called that the body painter actress acts out??