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West of Eden
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 2016
I really felt it was important that this story was told, for New Zealand, because I don’t think we’ve really got a lot of films here in New Zealand that have been made about a homosexual relationship. Certainly not in the 1960s.
– Writer/producer/actor Vanessa Riddell on West of Eden, on website Gay NZ, 29 September 2015
People have so many prejudices — or they used to, but I like to think we've come a long way since then. So partly it was a remembrance, but also a celebration of how far we've come and a reminder to keep going.
– Writer/producer/actor Vanessa Riddell on the motivation behind West of Eden, The NZ Herald, 9 March 2017
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