Pluck

Short Film (Full Length) – 2020

I have no intentions of going. I've told you girls, 99, in the saddle, I just don't know who's the jockey.
– Jean tells the film crew she's not giving in just yet

It’s extended my life, that's for sure. Ain't croakin' it while I got all these feathers.
– Jean gets emotional with her load of weka feathers

When the korowai surrounds you, it’s just like you're bulletproof, you're 10 foot tall. It’s the most amazing feeling. It’s like you float when you walk.
– Jean talks about the magic of the korowai

They're totally a work of art...stunning, beautiful. Just look at it, and see the magic that's in there. It's perfect.
– Jean marvels at the beauty of the korowai

I just can't believe it…this is full of weka feathers.
– Jean when John Te Roto, aka Johnnie Rotten, comes through with a load of feathers

We plucked, and plucked and plucked. All day long.
– Jean and Milly after receiving 200 dead pūkeko

When my daughter passed away, the first korowai was for her. So when she passed away I gave it to her. I put it on the coffin.
– Milly Frazer on how it wouldn't have been right to keep her daughter's korowai