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The Respectable Addiction
Television (Full Length) – 2003
Exploring the issue of overworking, this one-off documentary features interviews with a range of self-confessed workaholics. It offers insights from psychologists and physicians on how work can become addictive and dangerous. Director Michelle Bracey and writer Colin Hogg (who both worked on award-winning Barry Crump documentary Crump) look at a number of industries, including hospitality, agriculture and academia. Writer Pat Booth discusses journalism, while Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast is candid about the roots of her overworking problem — and the impact it has had on her personal life and family.
Most weekends I would have two or three speeches over a weekend, sometimes more, but that's an average. We would usually have something to attend on a Saturday night. We'd try and keep Sunday night free, but like last Sunday, that didn't work.– Mayor of Wellington Kerry Prendergast
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Produced by
Third Party Productions
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air
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