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Te Whānau o Aotearoa - Caretakers of the Land
Te Whānau o Aotearoa - Caretakers of the Land
Film (Full Length) – 2003 Documentary
The Hidden
A documentary on Auckland street kids
Loading Docs 2016 - Street Smart
Mini documentary about an ex-street kid
K' Road Stories - $cratch
A film on Auckland homeless people
Operation 8
Another documentary by Errol Wright & Abi King-Jones
Gordonia
More people on the margins of society
Little Things
This song features on the soundtrack
Turangawaewae / A Place to Stand
Short drama dealing with ‘home’ and homelessness
Gone up North for a While
Young woman faces homelessness in 1970s NZ
In a Land of Plenty
Documentary on unemployment in NZ
The Hollow Men
Edited by Abi King-Jones
Saving Grace
A film about a Wellington street kid
Squeegee Bandit
A doco on Auckland street personality 'Starfish'
Loading Docs 2014 - Living Like Kings
A doco looking at post quake Christchurch street people
K' Road Stories - Fritters
Short film featuring a homeless character
Filmed in 2002, this documentary observes a group of people living on Wellington's streets. After being moved on from Cuba Mall, the group sets up a "village of peace" by the Cenotaph (near Parliament). Led by the dreadlocked 'Brother' (aka Ben Hana), they attempt to gain an audience with the government. Their self-proclaimed marae provokes police, public, politicians and media. Reviewer Graeme Tuckett called the film a "landmark in New Zealand documentary making". Hana later gained a local profile as Courtenay Place's 'Blanket Man'. He passed away in January 2012.
The film is honest, troubling, at times very funny, and always compelling to watch. It is an essential piece of cinema, and a work (but not a story) that Wellington should be proud of.– Graeme Tuckett in a Capital Times review, 17 December 2003
