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...Nanna Maria isn't the only one taking notice. A hemisphere away in London, Ian Conrich, director of the newly established Centre for New Zealand Studies at the University of London, has been watching the new tide of Kiwi filmmakers with interest. In the wake of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the New Zealand industry has been experiencing something of a second coming: from the just-released true-crime flick Out of the Blue, based on the 1990 Aramoana massacre, to Jonathan King's eagerly awaited genetic-engineering fantasy horror, Black Sheep, which carries the tagline, there...
...while New Zealand continues its dark tradition of what actor Sam Neill dubbed the "cinema of unease," perhaps most closely identified with Jane Campion's The Piano, Conrich has detected more recently "a wave within a wave." From the Samoan slapstick of Sione's Wedding to the Polynesian hip-hop of the cult animated TV series bro'Town, a distinctly Pacific flavor is adding warmth and a sense of humor to New Zealand screen culture. "I feel like we're in the middle of a real cultural boom," says No. 2's novice director Toa Fraser, whose father hails from...
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