Costa Botes Movies

  • 2008
    Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues

    Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues

    Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues

    02008HD

    After 35 years of playing, one of New Zealand’s most accomplished Blues troubadours had still never recorded an album. Some of Dave...

    Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues
  • 2000
    Behind the Bull

    Behind the Bull

    Behind the Bull

    7.52000HD

    When Forgotten Silver — the story of pioneer filmmaker Colin McKenzie — unspooled on 29th October 1995, in a Sunday TV slot normally...

    Behind the Bull
  • 1988
    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    01988HD

    Originally made for NZ television in 1988, this one hour documentary is now something of a time capsule or historical piece. It's also a record of a...

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait
  • 2008
    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    02008HD

    Nigel Gavin ran away with a circus when he was fifteen. Many years later, he is still performing incredible feats. This concert recording features a...

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
  • 1987
    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    01987HD

    It is 1962. New Zealand is emerging from the austerity of the 1950s into a new age. Daniel is a nine-year-old Catholic boy, an only child given to...

    Stalin's Sickle
  • 2009
    Lost in Wonderland

    Lost in Wonderland

    Lost in Wonderland

    02009HD

    The Times of London cited barrister Rob Moodie for the most outrageous behaviour by a lawyer in 2006 after he represented himself in the New Zealand...

    Lost in Wonderland
  • 2011
    Daytime Tiger

    Daytime Tiger

    Daytime Tiger

    02011HD

    Costa Botes’ portrait of New Zealand writer Michael Morrissey is indeed a tiger-ride – an up-close encounter with an extremely...

    Daytime Tiger
  • 2015
    Act of Kindness

    Act of Kindness

    Act of Kindness

    02015HD

    Charting the ripple effects of real compassion, this inspiring true story follows a spirited young New Zealander’s search for the Rwandan...

    Act of Kindness