Tuesday Documentary Our Voice & Our Vision
Our Voice Our Vision traces the course of women’s liberation by following the changing lives and attitudes of the women who participated in the Albert Park Suffrage Day demonstration in 1971. The protest was considered to be the public beginning of women’s liberation in New Zealand. The participants interviewed are: Donna Awatere, Toni Church, Beth Patterson (now O’Leary), Ngahuia Volkerling (te Awekotuku), Connie Purdue and Hazel Armstrong. The documentary is narrated by Sue Kedgely who also participated in the demonstration. There are scenes from the first United Women’s Convention and the visit to New Zealand by feminist Germaine Greer. The documentary also examines the eventual splits in the women’s movement over lesbian, abortion and Maori issues.
Primary Title
- Tuesday Documentary
Secondary Title
- Our Voice & Our Vision
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 17 September 1985
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV2
Broadcaster
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- Our Voice Our Vision traces the course of women’s liberation by following the changing lives and attitudes of the women who participated in the Albert Park Suffrage Day demonstration in 1971. The protest was considered to be the public beginning of women’s liberation in New Zealand. The participants interviewed are: Donna Awatere, Toni Church, Beth Patterson (now O’Leary), Ngahuia Volkerling (te Awekotuku), Connie Purdue and Hazel Armstrong. The documentary is narrated by Sue Kedgely who also participated in the demonstration. There are scenes from the first United Women’s Convention and the visit to New Zealand by feminist Germaine Greer. The documentary also examines the eventual splits in the women’s movement over lesbian, abortion and Maori issues.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
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.
Genres
- Current affairs
- News
Hosts
- Sue Kedgley (Narrator)
Contributors
- Toni Church (Speaker)
- Donna Awatere-Huata (Speaker)
- Beth O'Leary (Speaker)
- Beth Patterson (Speaker)
- Ngahuia Volkerling (Speaker)
- Ngahuia te Awekotuku (Speaker)
- Connie Purdu (Speaker)
- Hazel Armstrong (Speaker)
- voxpop
- Germain Greer (Interviewee)
- Peter Hudson (Camera)
- Darryn Smith (Camera)
- Lorraine Englebretsen (Sound)
- Vaughan Scott (Rostrum camera)
- Graham Curtis (Film Editor)
- Malcolm Bremner (Dubbing Mixer)
- Anne Keating (Production Assistant)
- Stephen Smith (Graphics)
- Sue Kedgley (Reporter)
- Pamela Jones (Producer)
- Katherine Findlay (Director)