Where We Come From: The Writer’s Journey CHCH

Where We Come From: The Writers' Journey

Our first live panel event takes place in Wellington and opens with a discussion exploring the history, legacy, successes, and ongoing challenges of being a screenwriter in Aotearoa New Zealand. This panel brings together practitioners, academics, and critics, and will reflect on the role of film and television in helping us understand ourselves and each other.

Does film and television give us the chance to examine our values and culture? If the answer to this question is yes, then how are we doing? What have our stories on screen had to say about us in the past, and what are they saying about us now?

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‍Join us in Christchurch!

Thursday 21 May, 7–9pm

Kōawa Studios, University of Canterbury

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Panellists:

James Croot

Gillian Ashurst

Peter Rowley

Andrew Gunn

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Moderated by:

Alice Shearman, Executive Director, NZWG

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Part of the NZWG 50th Anniversary programme — a year-long celebration of the writers behind Aotearoa’s screen stories.

Because no screen story begins without a writer. And no industry survives without understanding where it has come from.