Sam Hunt: Purple Balloon and other stories

Sam Hunt is New Zealand’s best known and most visible contemporary poet. In this feature-length documentary, Ginette McDonald calls him “the most impersonated man in New Zealand”. Director Tim Rose, who has known Hunt since he was a boy, decided too little was known about him beyond his flamboyant, public persona. So Rose spent four years making this documentary — mixing a wealth of archive material with interviews with Hunt, and those who know him best, and new footage of him reading his work and performing with David Kilgour.

Look with Sam you never know which comes first — the reality or the attitude to that reality.

– Colin Hogg

Key Cast & Crew

Tim Rose

Camera, Producer, Director

David Kilgour

Composer

Sam Hunt

Subject

Morgan Samuel

Sound Editor, Sound Mix

Katie Hinson

Editor

Douglas Frankl

Editor