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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.

  • 1Making Kids Laugh The theatrical troupe The Aunties, a group that has specialised in children's entertainment for over two decades, discuss how to make children laugh. Features Madam Salami.

    • Start 0 : 01 : 07
    • Finish 0 : 14 : 51
    • Duration 13 : 44
    Reporters
    • Marcus Lush (Reporter)
    Contributors
    • Michelle Bracey (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2The Anarchist and the Activist Profile of the professional and personal partnership of film-makers Merata Mita and Geoff Murphy.

    • Start 0 : 16 : 04
    • Finish 0 : 43 : 54
    • Duration 27 : 50
    Speakers
    • Merata Mita (Filmmaker)
    • Geoff Murphy (Film Director)
    Contributors
    • Libby Hakaraia (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Poet's Corner Elizabeth Smither reads A Dentist's View of Heaven.

    • Start 0 : 44 : 46
    • Finish 0 : 48 : 06
    • Duration 03 : 20
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Mercury Lane
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 24 February 2009
Start Time
  • 09 : 30
Finish Time
  • 10 : 20
Duration
  • 50:00
Series
  • 1
Episode
  • 7
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
Reporters
  • Marcus Lush (Reporter)
Speakers
  • Geoff Murphy (Film Director)
  • Merata Mita (Filmmaker)
Contributors
  • Libby Hakaraia (Director)
  • Michelle Bracey (Director)
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
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