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This episode of C4's music series Homegrown Profiles features singer/songwriter Bic Runga, who burst onto the NZ music scene in 1997 with her record-breaking debut album Drive. Since then Runga has had both local and international success and released two further hit albums - Beautiful Collision and Birds. Runga talks about growing up in a musical household (her mother and two older sisters are all singers), the success of Drive, and her 'difficult second album', which was released a full five years after her debut. 

Background

Director's perspective by Jane Yee 22.12.2009

The Homegrown Profiles series on C4 was my first stint at directing. There was no budget, and the crew consisted pretty much of myself and Mike ...

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 Jane Yee
 Leanda Borett
 Mike Carpinter

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