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When people tell the amazing story of Kiwi legend Julian Harp, Nicky doesn't get a mention. Now, in one of the NZ screen's classic monologues, Nicky takes the opportunity to let us in on what really happened: her relationship with Julian, his plan to destabilize the Government via letterwriting campaign, and the couple's preparations for the day he achieved engineless flight and rose into the sky from the Auckland Domain, never to be seen again. Based on the classic short story by CK Stead, author of Smith's Dream (aka Sleeping Dogs). 

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About Face Series Background by Ian Pryor 28.09.2008

Filmmakers sometimes find themselves caught in a waiting room between their early short films, and their first full-length feature. How do you go about building up filmmaking experience, and an audience and ensure potential talent is not being ...

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