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in Parks is back again in 2010 with an impressive 12 midweek kiwi films across
four Auckland parks - Tahaki Reserve, Glover Park, Grey Lynn Park and Owairaka Park.
Collapsing Cities will launch the series with their dynamic sound of artfully droll pop, followed by reggae up shots Sonz of Zion and soncially rich The Broken Heartbreakers.
'The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls', 'Goodbye Pork Pie' and 'Rain of the Children' are just some of the great kiwi films on offer.
Bring your blanket, some nibbles and enjoy the cinema.
Events in the series
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009) with music by Collapsing Cities
A profile of the world's only comedic, singing, dancing, lesbian twin sisters.
Date: Wed 10 Feb
Venue: Tahaki Reserve
Cost: Free
The World's Fastest Indian (2005) with music by Collapsing Cities
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle - a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Make sure you're there early to catch Collapasing Cities, ...
Date: Thur 11 Feb
Venue: Glover Park
Cost: Free
Dean Spanley (2008) with music by Sons of Zion
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that
Date: Wed 17 Feb
Venue: Tahaki Reserve
Cost: Free
The Price of Milk with music by Sons of Zion
This is not your usual romantic comedy thanks to the distinctive workings of director Harry Sinclair's creative mind. Award winning cinematography sets off fantastic performances by Danielle Cormack and Karl Urban.
Make sure you're there early to catch ...
Date: Thur 18 Feb
Venue: Glover Park
Cost: Free
Rain of the Children (2008) with music by The Broken Heartbreakers
Vincent Ward's deeply personal and incredibly moving film unravels and re-imagines the story of Puhi, the Tuhoe woman he documented in 1978 for his early film In Spring One Plants Alone.
Make sure you're there early to catch The Broken Heartbreakers.
Date: Wed 24 Feb
Venue: Tahaki Reserve
Cost: Free
River Queen (2005) with music by The Broken Heartbreakers
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on bothsides of the turbulent warsbetween British and Maori.
Make sure you're there early to catch The Broken Heartbreakers. The Broken Heartbreakers ...
Date: Thur 25 Feb
Venue: Glover Park
Cost: Free
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) with music by Collapsing Cities
A Kiwi classic that sees two local misfits travel the length of the country in their iconic yellow mini, nicknamed 'Pork Pie'. Their high speed exploits earn them the name "the Blondini gang" and the Police asoon make it their mission to stop the Blondini ...
Date: Wed 3 March
Venue: Grey Lynn Park
Cost: Free
Sione's wedding (2008) with music by Collapsing Cities
From the Naked Samoans & Makers of 'Bro Town' comes a comedy about four boys who have failed to age sensibly.
Make sure you're there early to catch Collapasing Cities, touted as one of UK publication NME's 'top ten hopes of the near future', and their ...
Date: Thur 4 March
Venue: Owairaka Park
Cost: Free
Selected short films including: Forgotten Silver and Two Cars One Night with music by Sons of Zion
Two Cars, One Night is a tale of first love. What at first seems to be a relationship based on rivalry soon develops into a friendship and we learn that love can be found in the most unlikely of places.
Make sure you're there early to catch Sons of ...
Date: Wed 10 March
Venue: Grey Lynn Park
Cost: Free
State of Play (2009) with music by Sons of Zion
A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress.
Make sure you're there early to catch Sons of Zion. Sons of Zion belt out new wave roots with inspired guitar riffs; they have ...
Date: Thur 11 March
Venue: Owairaka Park
Cost: Free
Show of Hands (2008) with music by The Broken Heartbreakers
Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed Greetings Cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a ...
Date: Wed 17 March
Venue: Grey Lynn Park
Cost: Free
Separation City (2009) with music by The Broken Heartbreakers
A painful tale about marriage and requited love.
Make sure you're there early to catch The Broken Heartbreakers. The Broken Heartbreakers are realists, opting for vintage analogue recordings to capture a sound that boasts vocals by Rachel Bailey and ...
Date: Thur 18 March
Venue: Owairaka Park
Cost: Free
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