Play
00:00
/
00:00
Full screen
Chromecast
Captions
Volume
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
Film (Excerpts) – 2008
...a brutally honest, remarkably self-critical reflection on foreign adoption that touches unexpectedly on issues of alienation and loneliness.– LA Times reviewer Carino Chocano
...not a straightforward artist’s profile, political commentary or domestic drama, but a poetic fusion of the three.– Peter Debruge in Variety, 21 January 2008
A stunning film...what began as a film about adoption couldn’t help but become a documentary about an artist who pursues her art as relentlessly as she pushes to secure the rights to the babies.– Susan G Cole, in Now Toronto, 24 April 2008
If you liked this, you might also like...
Hokonui Todd
A documentary about an influential New Zealander in Africa
Magik and Rose
Drama about a mother’s search for the daughter she gave...
The Story of Seven-Hundred Polish Children
The story of postwar refugee children adopted by NZ
Homegrown Profiles: Anika Moa
A doco on singer Anika Moa
Sierra Leone
A music video with an African theme
For Art's Sake - Mary Jane O'Reilly
Also directed by Pietra Brettkelly
Albertine
More art inspired by African tragedy
Beauty Will Save the World
Another documentary by Pietra Brettkelly
Finding Mercy
Another African adventure shot by Jacob Bryant
The Five of Us – The Life of the Lawson Quins
A documentary on a famous multiple birth
Act of Kindness
Another New Zealander in Africa
From Indonesia to India
More well-meaning western intervention
A Flickering Truth
Brettkelly documentary on Afghani film preservation
Yellow is Forbidden
Also directed by Peitra Brettkelly
Inside Outward Bound - The New Zealand Journey
Another documentary by this director
Shortland Street - The birth of Carrie's triplets
Another multiple birth