Early Days Yet

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Title

Early Days Yet

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Directed by Shirley Horrocks, Early Days Yet is a 73-minute documentary about New Zealand poet and editor Allen Curnow, made in the last months of his life. The poet talks about his South Island upbringing, his life and work, and visits the places that inspired his most important poems. Fellow New Zealand poets like Bill Manhire and Elizabeth Smither discuss Curnow's significance as an advocate for New Zealand poetry. As Curnow famously mused in front of a moa skeleton at Canterbury Museum: "...

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Video

Date created

2001

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/early-days-yet-2001

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