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Such a Good Likeness that she Cannot be Confused with Anyone Else
Talk
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Free
This talk by VUW lecturer Minette Hillyer focuses on New Zealand’s earliest film stars.
How did cinema's modern circuits of exchange and display, and the twinned imperative that a 'star' be both unique and recognisable, play out via the local women—Māori and settler—who appeared in our silent movies?