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The arts with moving parts! Mercury Lane is a story-driven arts series that features a rather radical 'front-person free' approach, offering a cluster of short documentaries, poetry and musical performances each week. Reporters (Kim Webby, Sam Hunt, Chris Knox, Colin Hogg and Marcus Lush) occasionally lurk round the edges, serving the stories, but Mercury Lane's tack is to put the artists themselves in the middle of the picture, exploring what makes them tick as much as what makes their art click.

  • 1Marcus Lush looks at choirs and the magnetism of mass singing. Shout and Never Get Tired, a choir with Rick Bryant, Jackie Clarke, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Jean McAllister and Judy McIntosh.

    • Start 0 : 01 : 20
    • Finish 0 : 17 : 33
    • Duration 16 : 13
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Mau Dance Theatre A performance group at the cutting edge of Pacific Dance. Director Lemi Ponifasio shares his philosophy about the role of dancers in society and the politics of Pacific dance.

    • Start 0 : 18 : 49
    • Finish 0 : 25 : 58
    • Duration 07 : 09
    Speakers
    • Lemi Ponifasio (Speaker)
    Contributors
    • Sima Urale (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Interview with Margaret Mahy.

    • Start 0 : 27 : 15
    • Finish 0 : 42 : 33
    • Duration 15 : 18
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Poet Hone Tuwhare reads his work.

    • Start 0 : 43 : 39
    • Finish 0 : 48 : 40
    • Duration 05 : 01
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Mercury Lane
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 10 March 2009
Start Time
  • 09 : 30
Finish Time
  • 10 : 20
Duration
  • 50:00
Series
  • 1
Episode
  • 9
Channel
  • TVNZ 6
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The arts with moving parts! Mercury Lane is a story-driven arts series that features a rather radical 'front-person free' approach, offering a cluster of short documentaries, poetry and musical performances each week. Reporters (Kim Webby, Sam Hunt, Chris Knox, Colin Hogg and Marcus Lush) occasionally lurk round the edges, serving the stories, but Mercury Lane's tack is to put the artists themselves in the middle of the picture, exploring what makes them tick as much as what makes their art click.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
Speakers
  • Lemi Ponifasio (Speaker)
Contributors
  • Sima Urale (Director)
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
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