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- Title
- Act of Murder
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This film documents Miranda Harcourt taking her stageplay Verbatim (written by Harcourt and William Brandt) to prison audiences. The play is a six-character monologue made up of accounts of violent crime, all performed by Harcourt. Director Shirley Horrocks captures the reactions of the prison inmates watching their own lives unfold on stage. Harcourt’s powerful performance is augmented with revealing testimonies of the broken men and women who agree to be interviewed. The documentary won the...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1993
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/act-of-murder-1993
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