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Angie
Film (Trailer) – 2018
This documentary from director Costa Botes (The Last Dogs of Winter, Forgotten Silver) explores the life of Angie Meiklejohn. Growing up, Meiklejohn and her siblings spent time in Bert Potter’s alternative lifestyle settlement Centrepoint, where they suffered sexual abuse. Through the lens of Meiklejohn’s experiences as both child and adult, Botes explores the dynamics of abuse, and how its victims are impacted. Says Botes: "whatever her past hurts, Angie is an engaging and loveable human being." Angie debuted at the 2018 New Zealand International Film Festival.
The 'pact' to not talk about what happened inside the commune with anyone outside of it is what defined Centrepoint as a cult rather than a spiritual community, Angie says.– RNZ interview with Angie Meiklejohn, 9 June 2018
Produced by
Lone Pine Film & Television Productions
Source
Lone Pine Film & Television Productions
Music
Music by Harley Greene, Podington Bear and Blue Dot Sessions
Closing credits music by Richard Adams, Nigel Gavin and Jonathan Besser
Categories
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