Five still images in five minutes of people living in and around the artists' home suburb of Manurewa, Auckland. The artist narrates a voiceover describing the peoples lives. Intertitles describe the people featured as Wayne Anderson (a singer who stands in front of pictures of New Zealand crooner John Rowles; Angie and Carolyn at Papakura train station; Dida on the bus, Wiri; Krishna, Fijian Indian taylor. The last image is titled 'Living in a garage, Papakura' and appears to show a mother and daughter in an embrace to camera.
Manurewa Newsreel 707: Walking South Auckland (2017)
Other works by Martin Rumsby
Martin Rumsby
American Sketchbook Part 3 (1985)
A landscape work in three parts being, a train trip across Canada, Chicago street scenes and the media as contemporary landscape.
Martin Rumsby
Landscapism (2008)
An excerpt from Martin Rumsby's ongoing project Landscapism, which seeks to establish a New Zealand landscape film tradition.