A History of the New Zealand Fiction Feature Film: Staunch As?

This is the first single volume to investigate the history of film in New Zealand. It looks at the very beginning of the NZ film industry, in the early years of the twentieth century, rather than concentrating on the renaissance in the 1970s. It covers all of the major directors, who have had international success, including Geoff Murphy, Roger Donaldson, Lee Tamahori, Jane Campion, Vincent Ward and Peter Jackson. It provides a fascinating insight into a national cinema which is now globally successful.