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The Killing of Kane
The Killing of Kane
Television (Full Length) – 1971 Drama Māori
The Governor
Colonial drama series of epic proportions
The Alpha Plan
Also produced by Chris Thomson
Von Tempsky's Ghost
Famous renegade soldier defeated by Titokowaru
Tangata Whenua
An important documentary series about Maori by Michael King
Te Matakite o Aotearoa - The Māori Land March
Documents Maori activism to regain their stolen land
Gone up North for a While
Another early tele-drama with a controversial theme
The Evening Paper
Also features Peter Vere-Jones
The City of No
Also produced by the NZBC in 1971
Crisis: One Man's Fight
A documentary about Peter Vere-Jones's battle with cancer
Under the Ice
Features narration by Alan Jervis
Once Were Warriors
Also edited by Mike Horton
Taranaki
Doco which touches on the NZ Wars
Loose Enz - The Good Samaritan
Also features actor Peter Vere-Jones
An Awful Silence
Also stars Alan Jervis
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
A feature film set in a Japanese POW camp
NZBC Actors' Workshops
Producer Chris Thomson is seen in this
Groundbreaking 1971 tele-drama The Killing of Kane tells a story of loyalty and corruption amidst the ‘New Zealand Wars’ of the 1860s. Incorporating documentary ‘interludes’, the story involves the predicament of a pair of Pākehā deserters involved in a attack by Māori resistance leader Titokowaru on a Taranaki redoubt. Stellar performances in the dramatic scenes saw Chris Thomson-directed Kane attract praise. It was the first time the controversial subject of colonial conflict had been portrayed on our TV screens. It was also the first local drama shot in colour.
Forty lashes on good Irish skin!– Charles Kane
Produced by
NZ Broadcasting Corporation
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