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A talkback radio operator is forced to stand in for the regular host when he walks out because of a personal crisis. In between trying to answer calls, organize a replacement and discuss odd topics with a succession of callers, the flustered operator makes a surprising connection with another lost soul. Auckland's urban soul is captured with distinctive assurance in this neglected television short film from writer (with Geoff Chapple) and director Alison Maclean.

Background

A perspective by Costa Botes 14.10.2008

Sometime around 1984, writer and actor Fiona Samuel made a speech which became a rallying cry for many young or emerging film directors. It was about time, she declared, that Kiwi films stopped celebrating the ...

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