Hotere

The read

It runs a compact 1h 22m.

Synopsis

Ralph Hotere (Te Aupōuri) is regarded as one of New Zealand's greatest artists. This documentary by Merata Mita provides a perspective on his world, largely by way of framing his extensive body of work. Hotere remains famously tight-lipped throughout, but there are interviews with artists, friends and commentators, alongside scenes of Hotere working and of his contemporary home context. Mita's impressionistic film is set to a Hirini Melbourne-directed score of jazz, Māori and pop songs, and poetry reading by Hotere's first wife Cilla McQueen.

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Key crew

• Merata MitaDirector
• Merata MitaWriter

Cast

• Cilla McQueenNarrator
• Ralph HotereSubject

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