Whanganui film makers Kevin Double and Melita Farley Photo / Stuart Munro
Whanganui film makers Kevin Double and Melita Farley Photo / Stuart Munro
Filmmaker Kevin Double, who runs Whanganui's Confluence Boutique Cinema with Melita Farley, has offered recommendations for films to watch during the Covid-19 lockdown, all of which are both "off the beaten track a little bit" and free to access online.
Double said Confluence was closed for the "foreseeable future", buttheir website offered links and further recommendations to a wide range of sites offering free cinematic content.
Confluence Boutique Cinema on Watt Street is currently closed due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Photo / Supplied
"We've taken the route of sites like Kanopy and other film archives around the world that allow access to people from overseas.
"Maybe this is a bit of self-promotion, but we're making all of our own titles free to view through our Vimeo page."
Double said that there was "a whole world of cinema" outside the main avenues of sites such as Netflix and iTunes, and the Confluence website was offering links to films "from around the world".
"Cinema is going to take a massive shake-up after all this [Covid-19] is said and done, and hopefully all the boutique cinema providers out there can keep their heads above water through the wage subsidy and things like that.
"If we just go back to relying on big companies like Disney, I think the movie industry as a whole will suffer."
Here are five films Kevin Double recommends to watch during the Covid-19 lockdown, with the websites they are available on.
Embrace - Kanopy
"We have screened this twice, and it's a really important film for both men and women. It's about a body builder, who decided there's more to life than just body image. It's extremely moving, and a film everyone should watch."
"This is a documentary by Michael Heath about Edith Collier, and the time she spent painting in Ireland."
Fools and Dreamers - Happens
"This is another New Zealand themed documentary, this time about the efforts made to regenerate our native forests."
Whanganui film makers Kevin Double and Melita Farley Photo / Stuart Munro
Afghan Cycles - Kanopy
"This film looks at gender inequality in Afghanistan, even down to riding bikes. It's a relatively new film, so it's great to see it up on Kanopy already."
Making Waves - Vimeo
"Dr Athol Steward undertook two marathon swims in the South Taranaki Bight. These swims were designed to highlight the issue and potential impacts of a proposed seabed mining operation in the area."
