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Gliding On meets Borat as a man pretending to be a fisherman from a fictional town journeys to Wellington to find out if any government agency will take action about fish he says are dying in his river. Clad in jacket and tie and walk shorts and walk socks, he traipses the corridors of power which are artfully shot to look like a hell from which he will never escape. His attempts to find someone who can take action yield only a succession of impotent bureaucrats who participate happily but only to explain, often at length, why they can’t actually do anything.
Peter Fyfe played the fictitious fisherman from a fictitious town trying to find out why the fish have died in a fictitious river. Everything else that happens in this film is real. Having no idea where the idea would take us, we set out with ...
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Television, 1981 (Full Length)
Documentary about someone taking direct action to save part of the environment
Television, 1974 (Full Length)
Another film directed by Tony Williams
Television, 1971 (Full Length)
Also directed by Tony Williams
Television, 2006 (Full Length Episode)
Another TV blurring of fact and fiction
1973 New Zealand Feltex Awards
Best Documentary
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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