Pleasures and Dangers

This documentary focusses on six New Zealand women artists whose careers were on the rise in the early 1990s. They work in a variety of mediums, explore ambiguity and subversion, and question gender roles. Photographer Christine Webster works with models, lighting and costume to create rich, theatrical images. Lisa Reihana delivers "radical statements" via light-hearted animation. Filmmaker Alison Maclean talks about the inspiration she found in Rotorua and channelled into her debut feature Crush. Also featured: artists Merylyn Tweedie, Alexis Hunter and Julia Morison.  

I think animation can be quietly subversive.

– Artist Lisa Reihana talks about her work

Key Cast & Crew

Angela D'Audney

Narrator

Alison Maclean

Subject

Shirley Horrocks

Director, Producer, Writer, Research

Robin Laing

Producer

Roger Horrocks

Writer, Research

Jane Gilbert

Post-Production Supervisor