2004 · 1h 10m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
This documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon. The first excerpt looks at McCahon's beginnings in Timaru and Dunedin, and his explorations of modernist techniques in paintings that reconceived 'the promised land' in an endemic landscape.
Director: Paul Swadel
Writers: Rachel Gardner, Paul Swadel, Martin Browne
Music by: Riki Gooch
Cinematography: Leon Narbey
Editor: Jonathan Brough