Please Blow My Mind Oscar Kightley
Will Fleming has a deep dive, long form conversation with Samoan-born Kiwi actor, TV presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian Oscar Kightley. He emigrated to Aotearoa at age four, after the death of his father. He grew up with an aunt and uncle, one of eight children in the West Auckland suburb of Te Atatu. In-between TV gigs, "the master of self-deprecating immigrant humour" (as Diana Wichtel called him) was honing his storytelling skills on a series of plays that explored Pacific Island characters, usually as they adjusted to life in New Zealand. His first play, 1993's Fresh off the Boat (co-written with Simon Small, and starring David Fane) was performed in Australia and Samoa. In the same period Kightley wrote and directed family tale Dawn Raids (not to be confused with documentary Dawn Raids), and won the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. He currently hosts the Sky Sports talk show Pacific Brothers and Sisters and recently directied the feature-length doco Dawn Raid, the New Zealand music label behind the biggest hits of Savage, Scribe, Aradhna and many more homegrown hip-hop acts.
Pushing our thinking beyond the reef, further than we are sometimes comfortable with. It’s in blowing your mind that you can grow your mind.
Primary Title
- Please Blow My Mind
Episode Title
- Oscar Kightley
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 29 November 2020
Start Time
- 23 : 00
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- Oriana TV
Broadcaster
- Kordia
Programme Description
- Pushing our thinking beyond the reef, further than we are sometimes comfortable with. It’s in blowing your mind that you can grow your mind.
Episode Description
- Will Fleming has a deep dive, long form conversation with Samoan-born Kiwi actor, TV presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian Oscar Kightley. He emigrated to Aotearoa at age four, after the death of his father. He grew up with an aunt and uncle, one of eight children in the West Auckland suburb of Te Atatu. In-between TV gigs, "the master of self-deprecating immigrant humour" (as Diana Wichtel called him) was honing his storytelling skills on a series of plays that explored Pacific Island characters, usually as they adjusted to life in New Zealand. His first play, 1993's Fresh off the Boat (co-written with Simon Small, and starring David Fane) was performed in Australia and Samoa. In the same period Kightley wrote and directed family tale Dawn Raids (not to be confused with documentary Dawn Raids), and won the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. He currently hosts the Sky Sports talk show Pacific Brothers and Sisters and recently directied the feature-length doco Dawn Raid, the New Zealand music label behind the biggest hits of Savage, Scribe, Aradhna and many more homegrown hip-hop acts.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Podcasts--New Zealand
- Television programs--New Zealand
Genres
- Interview
- Talk
Hosts
- Will Fleming (Host)
Contributors
- Oriana TV (Funder)
- Oscar Kightley (Interviewee)
Subjects
- Podcasts--New Zealand
- Television programs--New Zealand