On Friday I left our busy office in Avondale and got down to Gisborne. Stopped at the Odeon CInema to say hi to Raey Wheeler who I had talked to on the phone. I got to the theatre and the Russian Snark poster was already up in the lobby which was great to see. I asked for Raey and was shown up to her amazing private diggs attached to the cinema. She has been running that theatre for more than 40 years and is a real icon in the Gisborne community. She invited me to share afternoon tea and I felt very honoured! Between cups of tea and thin slices of date bread, old china and a real step back in time, (as well as downloading the film I had brought for screening onto their system), she told me about the history of the theatre and her life. What a tough and fascinating woman. With film downloaded, I headed off to the Wairoa Maori Film Festival where Russian Snark had been officially selected to screen. Haere ra Gisborne. Enjoy Russian Snark!
On my short “bucket list”!
Comment by Eddie Reisher on June 24, 2012 at 12:42 am