Illustrious Energy
Leon Narbey • New Zealand • 1988
101 mins • DCP • PG
Q&A with Leon Narbey
In the Otago goldfields of the 1890s two Chinese prospectors battle prejudice and loneliness, attempting to eke out enough for a passage home. With lyricism and beauty, famed cinematographer Leon Narbey's directorial debut dramatises the Asian settler experience.
101 mins • DCP • PG
Q&A with Leon Narbey
In the Otago goldfields of the 1890s two Chinese prospectors battle prejudice and loneliness, attempting to eke out enough for a passage home. With lyricism and beauty, famed cinematographer Leon Narbey's directorial debut dramatises the Asian settler experience.