Gardening with Soul (2013)
Gardening with Soul is a feature length documentary following a year in the garden with 90-year-old Sister Loyola Galvin. Sister Loyola's optimism is infectious and it's fed every day by her love of gardening. Themes of faith, aging and compassion sit alongside the practicalities of community life, issues within the Catholic Church and the importance of good compost in this intimate, funny and moving portrait of a woman approaching the end of her life.
Primary Title
- Gardening with Soul
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 27 December 2017
Release Year
- 2013
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 23 : 20
Duration
- 110:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Gardening with Soul is a feature length documentary following a year in the garden with 90-year-old Sister Loyola Galvin. Sister Loyola's optimism is infectious and it's fed every day by her love of gardening. Themes of faith, aging and compassion sit alongside the practicalities of community life, issues within the Catholic Church and the importance of good compost in this intimate, funny and moving portrait of a woman approaching the end of her life.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
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
- Galvin, Loyola, Sister
- Gardening
- Compassion--Religious aspects
- Metaphor--Religious aspects--Christianity
- Metaphor--Psychological aspects
- Documentary films--New Zealand
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
- Nature
- Religious
Contributors
- Jess Feast (Director)
- Jess Feast (Writer)
- Sister Loyola Galvin (Subject)
- Vicky Pope (Producer)
- Gareth Moon (Cameraperson)
- Ari Wegner (Cameraperson)
- Annie Collins (Editor)
- John McKay (Sound)
- David Long (Composer)
- POP Film (Production Unit)
- New Zealand Film Commission (Funder)
Subjects
- Galvin, Loyola, Sister
- Gardening
- Compassion--Religious aspects
- Metaphor--Religious aspects--Christianity
- Metaphor--Psychological aspects
- Documentary films--New Zealand