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Thumbnail from title in The Rainbow Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Rainbow Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Rainbow Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Rainbow Collection | NZ On Screen
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The Rainbow Collection

The Rainbow Collection

This collection showcases lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender screen production from Aotearoa. The journey to Shortland Street civil unions, rainbows in Parliament and the Big Gay Out is one of pride, but also one of secrets, shame and discrimination. As pioneering writer/director Peter Wells argues in this introduction, the titles are testament to a joyful, defiant struggle to "fight to exist".

Desperate Remedies

Film, 1993 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Shortland Street - Maia and Jay’s Civil Union

Television, 2006 (Excerpts)

1998 Hero Parade

Television, 1998 (Full Length)

The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls

Film, 2009 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Series

Queer Nation

Television, 1996–2004

Series

Pot Luck

Web, 2015–2017

Georgie Girl

Film, 2001 (Full Length)

About Face - Jewel's Darl

Television, 1985 (Full Length)

Peach

Short Film, 1995 (Full Length)

Carmen

Television, 1989 (Full Length)

A Death in the Family

Television, 1986 (Excerpts)

Series

Hudson and Halls

Television, 1976–1986

Series

FAFSWAG Vogue

Web, 2018

Lew Pryme - Welcome to my World

Television, 1990 (Full Length)

Squeeze

Film, 1980 (Excerpts)

When Love Comes

Film, 1998 (Excerpts)

City Life - First Episode

Television, 1996 (Excerpts)

Series

Takatāpui

Television, 2004–2008

Tala Pasifika - Talk of the Town

Television, 1995 (Full Length)

About Face - My First Suit

Television, 1985 (Full Length)

Pansy

Television, 2001 (Full Length)

50 Ways of Saying Fabulous

Film, 2005 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Self Help

Web, 2022 (Full Length Episodes)

Sui Generis - Series Two

Web, 2018 (Full Length Episodes)

Beyond Gravity

Short Film, 1988 (Excerpts)

Queer Nation - Kylie Minogue

Television, 1997 (Excerpts)

Crush

Film, 1992 (Trailer and Excerpts)

One of Them!

Television, 1997 (Full Length)

Same But Different - A True New Zealand Love Story

Film, 2019 (Trailer)

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Television, 2010 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Haunting Douglas

Television, 2003 (Excerpts)

Yellow for Hermaphrodite - Mani's Story

Television, 2002 (Full Length)

Boy

Short Film, 2004 (Full Length)

Good Intentions

Short Film, 1989 (Full Length)

Happy Playland - Series

Web, 2017 (Full Length Episodes)

Loading Docs 2017 - He Kākano Ahau: From the Spaces in Between

Web, 2017 (Full Length)

For Art's Sake - Michael Parmenter

Television, 1996 (Full Length)

Sparrow

Short Film, 2017 (Full Length)

Tits on a Bull

Short Film, 2015 (Full Length)

Both Worlds - Jacob Tamata

Television, 2019 (Full Length Episode)

Intersexion

Television, 2012 (Excerpts)

Loading Docs 2016 - Same But Different

Web, 2016 (Full Length)

An Island Calling

Television, 2008 (Trailer and Excerpts)

Taunt

Short Film, 1983 (Full Length)

God, Sreenu and Me

Television, 2000 (Full Length)

Loading Docs 2014 - Queer Selfies

Web, 2014 (Full Length)

Allie Eagle and Me

Film, 2004 (Trailer)

Tash Keddy on first crashing into Shortland Street

Web, 2017 (Extras)

Punch

Film, 2022 (Trailer)