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- Title
- The People Next Door
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
Melanie Rodriga's The People Next Door was Aotearoa’s first prime time documentary about queer Kiwis and their lives and loves (pioneering 1980s series Expressions of Sexuality, which was sidelined to a late night slot, mixed queer and straight interviews across each episode). Eight gay and lesbian New Zealanders (including The Topp Twins) recall coming out to friends and family. For Francis Mouldey acknowledging his sexuality meant a painful tussle with social convention and religion, while ...
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- Video
- Date created
- 1994
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/people-next-door-1994
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- gay pride / lesbian / queer / the topp twins / whanganui / wellington / catholicism / belief / homosexual reform bill / gay rights / acceptance / samoan culture / sexuality / coming out / marriage / straight world / human rights commisson / papakainga / far north / family rift / ostracised / denial / love / caravan / entertainers / topp twins / neville sole / francis mouldey / rangitunoa black / agnes kingi-waiaua / eimi tamua / philip patson / disability rights / cerebral palsy / wheelchair / riverside reserve / suburbia / whanau / dogs / john gibson / shona mccullagh / babysitting / rainbow flag / karangahape road / triangle tv / gay and lesbian choir / love is the message / zan wright / studio / 1994 / pets / cycling / dishes / human rights / tohunga / ancestral land / same sex partners / ngāi tūhoe / ngāti kahu / home renovation / godparent / 90s / nineties
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