Perfectly Frank: The Life of a New Zealand Writer (1998)
Biographer Michael King takes us through the life of pioneering writer Frank Sargeson: from puritanical parents to self-discovery in London, through to decades encouraging an emerging tide of New Zealand writers. The documentary's most priceless moments are the tales told when four of those writers return to Sargeson's fabled fibrolite bach, in Takapuna. Kevin Ireland calls it an "oasis, this marvellous place where books ruled supreme". Sargeson's purposefully minimalistic writing style, the documentary argues, helped NZ literature find its own voice.
Primary Title
- Perfectly Frank: The Life of a New Zealand Writer
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 26 June 2013
Release Year
- 1998
Start Time
- 04 : 00
Finish Time
- 04 : 55
Duration
- 55:00
Channel
- TVNZ Heartland
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Biographer Michael King takes us through the life of pioneering writer Frank Sargeson: from puritanical parents to self-discovery in London, through to decades encouraging an emerging tide of New Zealand writers. The documentary's most priceless moments are the tales told when four of those writers return to Sargeson's fabled fibrolite bach, in Takapuna. Kevin Ireland calls it an "oasis, this marvellous place where books ruled supreme". Sargeson's purposefully minimalistic writing style, the documentary argues, helped NZ literature find its own voice.
Classification
- PGR
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
- Sargeson, Frank
- Documentary television pograms--New Zealand.
- Authors, New Zealand--Biography
Genres
- Documentary
Contributors
- Michael King (Interviewer)
- Bruce Sheridan (Writer)
- Michael King (Subject)
- Hamish McFarlane (Actor)
- Paul Glover (Actor)
- Paolo Rotondo (Actor)
- Karl Urban (Voice)
- Peter Wells (Subject)
- William Grieve (Producer)
- Bruce Morrison (Producer)
- Bruce Sheridan (Director)
- Morrison Grieve (Production Unit)
- Kevin Ireland (Poet)
Subjects
- Sargeson, Frank
- Documentary television pograms--New Zealand.
- Authors, New Zealand--Biography