LONG MAY SHE RAIN – DOCUMENTARY 15:34 minutes
Director: Ben Winspear Producers: Nick Maher & Marta Dusseldorp
Synopsis
In the post-industrial landscape of Queenstown lies a river with millions of years of history and the last hundred years of gold fever, migration, poetry and acid rain have all left their traces. Long May She Rain explores a town’s next phase of human-environment interaction, hearing from those that choose to live inside, and love, a place like nowhere else on Earth.
Themes
- Environmental impacts of mining
- Diverse communities in small towns
- Artists changing perceptions of landscapes
- History of Queenstown
- Value of community
Discussion questions
- How do the artists of Queenstown use their landscape as inspiration?
- How does art and science combine to form art?
- What have you learnt about Queenstown that surprises you?
- What is unusual about the form of this documentary and how the participants are presented?
- How does poetry help to tell the story?
- What are some of the ways the locals make their lives more interesting?
