Watch the Pledge Me pitch video for <i>Wayne</i>, part of the inaugural Loading Docs project.
Learn more about Wayne, one of the 10 short documentary films in the inaugural Loading Docs project.
For Wayne, a profoundly intellectually disabled man with microcephaly, living with others has always been fraught with conflict. But at 44 he has finally been given a home of his own. With this space Wayne is now ready to begin the rest of his life.
Kirsty Griffin: Co-director / Co-producer
Kirsty began her photographic career in 2002 as an onset unit stills photographer for both New Zealand and international feature films. During this period she pursued her documentary career working for NGOs Child Fund in East Timor, World Vision in Cambodia and South Africa, The Doe Fund in New York and NZ Aids Foundation in Tonga.
In 2010 she relocated to New York to attend the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography School at the International Centre of Photography, where she received the Helen M Stummer scholarship.
After 20 years of working in the art department in the NZ film industry, decorating sets as diverse as caves filled with bones and torture racks to designer penthouse apartments, Viv took a break from showbiz and entered the world of retail. Starting up a bright and cheerful Pacific-style homeware store in Auckland.
In 2010 the opportunity arose to accompany Kirsty on her photojournalist studies in NYC. Viv changed her career tack again and, by pooling their talents and combined experience in the film industry, they started 'Bella Pacific Media' in 2011.
"As two creatives looking to move into documentary filmmaking after long careers in other creative fields, this opportunity is a fabulous one. The focus on crowdfunding within this new initiate is also a wonderful chance to get our story seen by a wider national and international audience than we could connect with ourselves."
