EVENT: 18 JULY 2009
“…so raw and sad you sense an urge for national exorcism 190 years later.” – Bill Gosden
A discussion with the creative team behind Van Diemen’s Land…Script to Screen in association with the New Zealand Film Festival is pleased to present a discussion with Jonathan auf der Heide, Oscar Redding and Maggie Miles* the writer/director, writer/lead actor and producer of Australian thriller Van Diemen’s Land.
The film is about notorious cannibal convict Alexander Pearce who has been the subject of numerous songs, books and films. The discussion will focus on the process of reinterpreting a story which has gained mythical status in the Australian psyche.
Van Diemen’s Land has received rave reviews as a visually stunning debut that invests the story with previously unexplored psychological depth.
A 45-minute-panel discussion and Q & A. MC: writer David Geary
Wellington
Saturday 18 July, 2pm, Bergman Theatre, The Paramount Theatre, 25 Courtney Place, free entry
* Maggie Miles is in New Zealand courtesy of WIFT
