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Struggle No More
Film (Trailer) – 2006
At the time this documentary debuted at the 2006 NZ International Film Festival, Wellington's Windy City Strugglers were approaching their 40th birthday. Never a household name, the band's loyalties lay with the music, not the music biz. Early members Bill Lake (songwriter and "Australian draft dodger"), Geoff Rashbrooke (piano) and Rick Bryant (vocals) were later joined by guitarist Andrew Delahunty and bassist and music critic Nick Bollinger. Director Costa Botes gets behind the camera to tell their slow-burning story, from cover songs to creating their own brand of distinctly Kiwi roots music.
Most bands, you know, they start off and they're not very good and then they peak and they get good, and then they sort of get sick of it and break up and all that stuff, And the whole thing takes about three years. The Strugglers are still on the upward part of the trajectory and it's taken 30...– Broadcaster and musician Simon Morris on The Windy City Strugglers
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
Lone Pine Film & Television Productions
Source
Lone Pine Film & Television Productions
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