John O'Shea gives us extraordinarily frank insights into the making of such key New Zealand films as Broken Barrier, Runaway, Don't Let it Get You and Ngati, as well as documentaries like the landmark television series Tangata Whenua. The story of Pacific Films - the company he joined in 1950 and which is still going today- is seen in the social and artisitic contexts of the times, and woven together with refletions on the work of other major film makers, such as Jane Campion, and the hippy roadshow BLERTA, which instigated the careers of Bruno Lawrence, Geoff Murphy and others. O'Shea's text moves fluidly between present and past, between films and personal experiences, between a lifetime's moviegoing and a lifetime's concern for social justice.Autobiography of New Zealand pioneer film maker John O'Shea.