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A talkback radio operator Jonah (Lucy Sheehan, from film The Lounge Bar) is forced to stand in for the regular host when he suddenly leaves the building. In-between trying to answer calls, organise a replacement and discuss topics with a succession of increasingly bizarre callers, the flustered operator makes a surprising connection with another lost soul calling in. Auckland's urban soul is captured with distinctive assurance in this 48-minute award-winner from Crush director Alison Maclean — who wrote the script with Geoff Chapple. Costa Botes writes about Maclean's "wonderfully assured drama" here.
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Actor Lucy Sheehan in a scene from award-winning 1987 drama Talkback.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
A scene from Talkback: radio host Roger (Alistair Douglas).
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
