Elizabeth Mitchell: On bro'Town...

Interview – 2009

Producer Elizabeth Mitchell set up Firehorse Films to produce animated comedy hit bro'Town. Mitchell was a print journalist turned television promotions director; her only experience in animation prior to bro'Town was an advert on the white spotted tussock moth.

In this ScreenTalk, Mitchell talks about:

How bro'Town was born
Her long friendship with Naked Samoan and bro'Town star Oscar Kightley
Early development for the series, how she got the animation team together, and how the show was made
Expecting the show would be watched by "young brown people", only to find it was also enjoyed by "old white people"
Possible futures for bro'Town

This video was first uploaded on 24 April 2009, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview - Clare O'Leary. Camera and Editing - Leo Guerchmann

...it does seem to really go across. I think people kind of may be presumed at first that young brown people watched it, but old white people watch it too.

– Elizabeth Mitchell on the unexpected popularity of bro'Town across different audiences

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