Open AccessThe Ground We Won (Film Review)
Author(s) -
Evan Sherrard,
I Sherrard
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2253-5853
pISSN - 2253-5845
DOI - 10.9791/ajpanz.2015.08
Subject(s) - mythology , wife , reflection (computer programming) , identity (music) , sociology , common ground , gender studies , art history , media studies , art , aesthetics , political science , law , literature , computer science , communication , programming language
Rugby and farming are so much symbols of national identity in New Zealand that it is good to have the opportunity of an unsentimental film, made by husband and wife Christopher Pryor and Miriam Smith, and self-confessed rugby outsiders, to offer a reflection of what one reviewer has referred to as “an overplayed mythology”.