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Flicks: Gloriavale filmmakers shed light on their eye-opening NZIFF doco

Flicks: Gloriavale filmmakers shed light on their eye-opening NZIFF doco
Articles, Gloriavale Film

By Steve Newall – Flicks – 18/07/2022

As part of our Q&A series for local features playing as part of Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival, filmmakers Noel Smyth and Fergus Grady shed some light on their eye-opening documentary Gloriavale.

Describe your film in EXACTLY eight words.
One family’s fight to end abuse at Gloriavale.

When did you first begin to feel Glorivale was a problematic community?
We didn’t know much about Gloriavale before starting the project, but as soon as we started speaking to members (both past and present), we realised there is a much darker underbelly to what is portrayed.

Read more here: https://www.flicks.co.nz/features/gloriavale-filmmakers-shed-light-on-their-eye-opening-nziff-doco/