RATING

M contains offensive language

RRP

$29.99 1 disc

BARCODE

9415394706611

SKU

R-F21489-9

DIRECTOR

Tim Rose

COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTOR

TVNZ

SYNOPSIS

For forty years Sam Hunt has been a force in New Zealand poetry and culture. He is a story teller who has spent his life struggling with his, often very public, demons. In that journey he has gone from outcast to icon. He has crossed paths with outlaws, Prime Ministers, literary and artistic giants and the general public.

Sam Hunt: Purple Balloons and other stories explores how Sam reflects the New Zealand landscape – literary and physical. The film examines what has made him such a great poet and an enigma.

Sam is undoubtedly our best known poet, by far the best exponent of performance poetry and one of the most recognisable kiwis alive today. In the words of the late Peter Smart: 'Sam Hunt is important to us because he is that extraordinary, rare person – someone who is prepared to illustrate with his life the value of poetry and the making of poems.' Sam Hunt- Purple Balloon and other stories confirms this statement and shines a fresh light on Sam's often misunderstood path.

Includes appearances by
Sam Hunt, poet
Stephen Hunt and Jonothan Hunt, Sam's brothers
Tom and Alf Hunt, Sam's sons
Colin Hogg, friend and former manager
Karyn Hay, radio host, friend and associate
CK Stead, poet and critic
Brian Edwards, former TV interviewer
Dame Robin White, artist and friend
Gary McCormick, poet, radio host and friend
Noel Crombie, Split Enz percussioinist and former pupil
Izzie Howard and Isabella Rose, interviewers
Dick Frizell, artist and collaborator
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights, musicians and collaborators
Alister Taylor, publisher

SPECIAL FEATURES
• The Pahi Hall poem session
• The Paramata boatshed session
• The Paekakariki bach session
• Sam's poems read by the cast
• David Kilgour and Sam recording Falling Debris