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After a challenging day at school, Brooklyn returns to his family’s café on the main street of Thames to spend time with his sisters – and get his remote control helicopter ready for liftoff.

Four young people juggle school, friends and everything else while growing up in their parents’ restaurants and takeaway shops.

Primary Title
  • Takeout Kids
Episode Title
  • Brooklyn
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 17 February 2022
Duration
  • 12:00
Episode
  • 3
Channel
  • The Spinoff
Broadcaster
  • YouTube
Programme Description
  • Four young people juggle school, friends and everything else while growing up in their parents’ restaurants and takeaway shops.
Episode Description
  • After a challenging day at school, Brooklyn returns to his family’s café on the main street of Thames to spend time with his sisters – and get his remote control helicopter ready for liftoff.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made available for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Documentary films--New Zealand
  • Short films--New Zealand
  • Family-owned business enterprises--Social aspects--New Zealand
  • Children--New Zealand
Genres
  • Children
  • Documentary
  • Family
Hosts
  • Julie Zhu (Director)
  • Sophie Dowson (Producer)
  • Amber Easby (Executive Producer)
  • Daryl J. Wong (Director of Photography)
  • Josh Yong (Editor)
  • Shantini Snadran (Composer)
  • Shalina Sandran (Composer)
  • Hex Work Productions (Production Unit)
  • UNZ (Production Unit)
  • The Spinoff (Funder)
  • NZ On Air (Funder)
  • Brooklyn Jiang (Subject)
Contributors
  • Julie Zhu (Director)
  • Sophie Dowson (Producer)
  • Amber Easby (Executive Producer)
  • Daryl J. Wong (Director of Photography)
  • Josh Yong (Editor)
  • Shantini Snadran (Composer)
  • Shalina Sandran (Composer)
  • Hex Work Productions (Production Unit)
  • UNZ (Production Unit)
  • The Spinoff (Funder)
  • NZ On Air (Funder)
  • Brooklyn Jiang (Subject)
T-minus five, four, three, two, one. We got lift off. - Weee! - It's going too far! - Whoa! - Mum, we got a problem. The propeller broke a little bit, which makes it unstable. - Yeah. - And I got no extra parts. - Oh, in that case you have to tell your dad, looking to buy a new part for you like last time. - Oh. - Thank you, my dear. How's your new job? Good? - [Customer] Yeah, really lovely. The people are gorgeous... - Not so stressful like last one. - Marinate in sauce. - [Dad] Oh, smells good. - I am a chef, you know? Not like you're the only one. - I wanna help, I wanna help, I wanna help! - Kaycee, you go back in because you don't-- - You go back in. - Kaycee there's not enough-- - Back in! - There's too much people. - Back in, Kaycee! - Kaycee, get back in! - Back in! - Kaycee, get back in! The only thing you can do is put the coffee sign away. - Hi. - Hello, grandmother of mine. - (laughs) - I do not understand a thing you’re saying. - Come on. Brooklyn! Get up. - I don't want to. What time is it? - 7 o'clock, get up! - (groans) - Wow, thank you Mum. - Thank you Mum. - Hi, Whaea Barb! - Mōrena. - How are you guys? - Good. - What time are you guys heading off to school? - Um, a while later. - Probably five more minutes we'll leave. - Might see you guys at school, eh? (bell rings) - Oooh, just in time! Run! - Do you want to return this book, or renew? - Renew. - Okay, first these two. What do you think this says? - How much poo does a little mouse do? - [Brooklyn] Kiddos, are you okay over there? - Squeak! - Brooklyn, quick joke. What happens when you hit Dwayne Johnson's bottom? - What? - What happens when you hit Dwayne Johnson's bottom? - What? - You hit rock bottom. - That's cringe. - That's cringe. - Yeah. - Tiki, so, imagine a star that looks like Dwayne Johnson. If we call it rock star. Get it? "The Rock" star. (laughs) - What have you done at Whaea Sue's house today? - Like, activities and marshmallows. - Oh! Is it the grilled marshmallow? - No. - You know, like put in a fire. - Yeah. - Wow. - You pushed me! You're mean. - I made it! - You're mean. - I won! - What do we win? - A hundred thousand dollars! I'm just kidding. - Kaycee, stay still. I need to draw you. Yeah, this looks like you, kind of. - So, so, so that means it's not called "teeth"? - Yeah, "thmenh". - She means the Cambodian word. She means the Cambodian word for it. - So teeth is not called "teeth"? - [Teacher] So you're actually feeling a bit pōuri today? - And tired. - Okay, so we'll make sure that when we're talking to Brooklyn or working with Brooklyn that we let him have that quiet time so he can re-centre himself. You've got tech today too, remember. And let the teacher know that you're still feeling a bit tired. - Okay, time to sew. I'm not used to this machine. I feel like I have a curse today. - Why? - I'm just like really tired. And then my body keeps on making me trip on everything. Oh, come on. Oh no. I stitched it all along. Abort, abort, abort mission. It's terrible. I want to rip it in half. It's terrible as heck. - It's not, it's fine. It looks better than what I can do. - It looks like crap. - No, it doesn't, it looks better than what I can do. - It's good. - It looks terrible. I don't care what anyone thinks, all I know is the truth. - You come with me. - It's the truth, it's terrible. - Come with me. - It's the truth. - Come with me. You are really tough on yourself, aren't you? - Because I am crap. - You're not. You're absolutely awesome. Look, all of his eyes are in the right place. - Brooklyn? - Yes. - Are you excited to go to high school next year? - Hmm... Kind of. I'm just nervous. - Why're you nervous? # Hiki nei koe aku whakaaro, pākia! # # He hiki aha tō hiki? # # He hiki roa tō hiki? # # I āhahā! # # E tama, te uaua ana # # E tama, te mārō # # Roa inā hoki rā # # Te tohe o te uaua nā # # E tau nei. # # Āna! Āna! # # Auē... Hī! # - Natara, do you think I'm hard on myself? - Yeah? No. Well, sometimes, sometimes. It's hard to answer to somebody. Very hard. When they're talking about themselves. - You don't have to do this, you know. - Hello. - Hello, Peter. Hello, Thamenen. - Hi Peter and Thamenen. - Sit right here. - He won, because he came in the game first. - Look at this, I'm flying. - He's sitting on the bicycle. Get off now, young man. - Can I try? - Look at this. - Brooklyn, can I try? - Yeah. Katelyn, look at this. One statue, two statue, three statue. - Am I allowed? - Sure. - You sure? - Yup. - Okay, if I'm not allowed it's your fault. - Psych. - You! - (laughs) - Just kidding, you're allowed. Okay, Thamenen, here's your stop. - Get into your shop. - Hi Yi Lin. We're dropping off this one. Maybe pink, maybe red, we don't know. We'll never know. Okay, bye, Peter. - Bye, Peter. See ya. Okay. Hannah was eating paint the other day. - Do you think Peter eats paint? - I don't know. - Why do you think Peter eats paint? - Hey, Kaycee. Do you want to know what you're named after? - KFC. - Because, right after you were born, Mum went to KFC. And she said, huh, if you remove the F from KFC, it's K-C. So we named you Kaycee. - Focus. - Can you fly this way, Brooklyn? - I'm trying. - Oh, it's flying just like a bird.
Subjects
  • Documentary films--New Zealand
  • Short films--New Zealand
  • Family-owned business enterprises--Social aspects--New Zealand
  • Children--New Zealand