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I want to be Joan (1977)
This was a film commissioned from me in 1977. I was asked to make a project from
out of a convention for women
The experience of producing this was
deeply touching
it became my student graduation film
I was all of 29 years old
It led to my next producing
IN JOY after I toured the country
Vitrine. Books on New Zealand Film collection.
The National Library. Wellington. 70 Molesworth Street,
Thorndon, Wellington 6011. Photograph by Stephanie Beth. 2023
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in joy(1980)
IN JOY. (1980) Every evening after dinner, the facilitator, Maggie Eyre ran a debrief on the day's workshops.
Queen Street. Auckland. Two students in a four-day clowning workshop. 1980. Right. Maggie Eyre. Left her classmate.
researching the tools of IMPROV
Four days before shooting IN JOY, I attended a clown workshop with Maggie Eyre, who I sked to be a facilitator in my film, IN JOY. Consummately unskilled at clowning, I joined the four -day class. I watched her practice on day three outside in a public space. The teacher was Brigid Brandon(1980-2001) a co-director of the Drama Action Center in Sydney.