Pansy

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Title

Pansy

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NZ On Screen

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Description

This TV documentary sees director Peter Wells look at his life “through pansy-tinted glasses”. Motivated by the anniversary of his brother’s 1989 death (from AIDS) Wells’ film charts his path to becoming a pioneering gay filmmaker and writer: from growing up fascinated by colour and the glamour of royalty in conservative Port Chevalier in the 1950s, to baking, and deciding to come out when he was drafted to fight in Vietnam. As befits an artist whose credits include Desperate Remedies, the tr...

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Format

Video

Date created

2001

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/pansy-2001

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gay / coming out / closet / coming of age / vietnam / fifties / sixties / 60s / 50s / conservative / mother / brother / family / rinso / auckland / liquorice allsorts / royal tour / auckland domain / lemon honey / cooking / recipe book / st kevins arcade / big gay out / autobiography / nz on air / new zealand on air / young new zealanders club / young new zealander's club

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