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The Topp Twins movie “Untouchable Girls” directed by Leanne opened for nationwide release in New Zealand on April 9th. NZ on Screen interviewed

Leanne Pooley on making docos and Untouchable Girls

Posted by Screen Talker on 2 April 2009 – In the interview-

“Pooley discusses The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, her documentary on Kiwi icons Lynda and Jools Topp.

The doco looks at the yodeling country music comedic phenomenon and examines the subversion amongst the sing-alongs: “Every really important social change that’s happened in New Zealand over the last 30 years the twins have been a part of, and in some cases even provided a soundtrack for.”

This interview was conducted by Clare O’Leary with camera and editing by Leo Guerchmann”

Here is the full  background from Onscreen. The interview is also available to watch below.

Here is a recent  interview for Flicks Magazine by Andreas Heinemann.

“Originally a native of Winnipeg, Canada, Leanne Pooley has plied her craft as a documentary filmmaker all over the world, from productions with the BBC to award winning NZ features.

She kindly invited Flicks into her home a few days after the premiere of her latest, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (in cinemas April 9). She explains the documentary is not only a profile of NZ’s most idiosyncratic entertainers – Jools & Lynda Topp – but a chronicle of our recent history.”

Go here to read the Flicks interview.

This is the fourth seminar on directing documentaries  Spacific Films has run.  It takes place on the 18th & 19th of April at the Unitec Campus and is run by award winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley.

The course will cover everything about making documentaries from the initial proposal, through the shoot, edit and post production stages. For more information Contact us now.

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