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Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

Film (Full Length) – 2009

PG
Parental Guidance

The Camera on the Shore is a feature-length portrait of a man who argued eloquently for the rights of indigenous people to control the camera. Based on extensive interviews with Barry Barclay and those who knew him — and footage from his work — it traces the path of one of the first people to bring a Māori perspective to the screen. The documentary ranges from Barclay's early years in a monastery to speeches at his tangi, touching en route on landmark TV series Tangata Whenua, battling corporations on doco The Neglected Miracle, and behind the scenes conflict on Te Rua.

You're having yourself on if you think the camera's neutral. And you need in a way, I believe, to look at who you are making the film for, and exactly what kind of truth you're telling.
– Barry Barclay

Key Cast & Crew

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Barry Barclay

Subject

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Graeme Tuckett

Director, Subject

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Anne Keating

Producer

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Michael King

Subject

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Annie Collins

Editor, Post-Production Supervisor

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Jason Bowden

Designer

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Produced by

Anne Keating Agency

Source

Graeme Tuckett

Acknowledgements

For Barry's children: Matt, Claire and Belynda
With thanks to Barry's siblings: Alan, Peter and Pauline 
 

Music

Featuring music originally appearing in:
The Feathers of Peace and The Kaipara Affair - composed by Stephen McCurdy
All That We Need - composed by Simon Morris and Tamburlaine
Song 'Whanau Mai' composed by Doctor Godrey Pohatu, performed by Toroa Pohatu