Filmmaker fights for screening rights
March 2, 2010 by Miriam Bell
Movie director Jason Ressler, currently in Auckland for the premiere of his film Sid Bernstein Presents at the 2010 Documentary Edge festival, says that he and his co-director Evan Strome have struggled to find financial backers for their film because of litigation fears relating to the usage of music and concert footage. Read more
A Gift to the Nation
February 16, 2010 by Miriam Bell
Emotions ran high at a special event to celebrate an iconic New Zealand Jewish photographer’s gift of a significant collection of vintage prints of elderly Maori women with moko, to New Zealand’s national museum. Read more
Lessons from History
February 11, 2010 by Miriam Bell
“All New Zealand children should see the Anne Frank travelling exhibition”, says the country’s Prime Minister. Read more
New Zealand Remembers the Holocaust
January 28, 2010 by Miriam Bell
Record numbers of New Zealanders attended this year’s commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, at the Holocaust Memorial in Wellington’s Jewish cemetery at Makara. Read more
