Nevan Rowe

La Nouvelle-Zélande, dans un futur proche. Smith se rend compte que sa femme le trompe, il la quitte et décide de vivre enfin sa vie. Mais le chaos économique dans lequel est plongé la Nouvelle-Zélande a créé un climat de peur. En effet, des forces spéciales pour le gouvernement sont chargés d'éliminer tout intervenant au régime mis en place. Smith se retrouve dans un clan de résistance pour la démocratie. Mais lui prône une attitude non-violente. Le premier film néo-zélandais à avoir été distribué aux Etats-Unis.

Evil Eva and her cronies threaten to blow their enemies sky-high by reactivating the Rangitoto volcano with a nuclear device. However, the goofy gang isn't all bad - they like to break into song and dance while holding the city for ransom. Who will save the city from destruction? Why a talented trio of kids, including a nutcase who has invented an antigravity machine. The police force, zonked out on Eva's drugged coffee, are made ineffectual.

A series of sketches about Kiwi extraordinaire Fred Dagg's secret mission to find a "bionic sheep" which has been lost by the government.

Keskidee, a small Jamaican bird resilient in the face of hardship, is also the name of a self-help black arts centre in London, and the theatre group who work there. Keskidee's actors and musicians were brought to New Zealand to work with communities who face similar day-to-day dilemmas and who might be encouraged to express their frustrations and anger in drama, poetry and music. Keskidee were to act as a catalyst. the film shows some of their work and their response to the people they met. Tribal elders try to show keskidee the depth of Maori roots in the land, and the complexity and pain of their present struggles: against the loss of Aroha; against the laws of pen and paper; the alienation of their land; the suppression of their language; the devaluation of their people and culture.