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Song of the Kauri
(2011)
Grass-roots documentary on the economic and creative potential of the iconic New Zealand native: the Kauri tree. Filmmaker Mathurn Molgat focuses on Northland's Laurie Williams, a luthier of international repute, who uses the wood for sought-after guitars and violins. Philosophers, musicians, economists, historians, scientists, professors and woodsmen amplify Molgat's holistic treatise. Live score by Mathurin Molgat and Nigel Gavin. Documentary includes music by Tiki Taane, Jackson Browne, Miranda Adams, Michael Chapdelaine, Jessie Coutts, Steve Wildey, Eden Roberts and Mark Mazengarb