Jack Stiles, American spy stationed on a South Pacific island in the early 19th century, teams up with no nonsense British agent Emilia Rothschild to stop Napoleon's colonizing efforts. Jack's alter ego is the Zorro-esque Daring Dragoon.
The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", during the Council of Elrond scene. His brief appearance sparked a huge internet fan-base dedicated to his "brooding pout" and "elvish good looks". McKenzie has been dubbed "FIGWIT", an acron...
notes to eternity is a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict centering on the lives and ideas of four renowned critics of Israel: Noam Chomsky, Sara Roy, Norman Finkelstein and Robert Fisk. All four have strong personal connections to the issue that traverse and transcend historical and cultural lines. Filmed over a number of years in the Middle East, the United States an...
Jeremy Wells acts as Taskmaster in this New Zealand edition of Taskmaster (2015), with Paul Williams acting as his assistant.
Kiri and Lou is an animated series about empathy, hand-crafted in stop motion with creatures made of clay, in a forest of cut out paper. Each five minute story is told with humour and joy, about the friendship of two prehistoric creatures and their adventures in the forest a long, long time ago. Kiri and Lou laugh and sing and play all kinds of games with their friends, as they...
Thinking back to the last time you were sick, did you ask your doctor for a course of antibiotics This new local documentary, which investigates the rise of antibiotic resistance and its consequences, will certainly have you thinking twice before reaching for the drugs. With the ‘antibiotic apocalypse’ looming, Prime Presents: Peak Antibiotics brings you the stories of everyda...