Edith Amituanai is a Samoan photographer and youth worker based in Ranui. This short documentary will follow a Year Ten art class that Edith is co-teaching at Waitakere College. The students are making masks then recording the character they create through film and photography. This is a collaborative documentary, involving the students at Waitakere College in the creation of the film. By allowing them to record the process of making their masks, letting them interview Edith and interviewing them, we will gain insight into how they see Edith as an artist and teacher.

 

The key words of this documentary are consent and respect. How does Edith feel about the role of consent in her work? How does she gain respect from the rangatahi she works with?

Gabriella works as the Youth Coordinator at the Auckland Women’s center. Her work is focused on engaging rangatahi with intersectional feminism. Having lived in Waitakere her whole life, Edith’s work resonates with her deeply through the familiarity of the people and spaces documented. Gabriella’s connections with the community and lived experiences as a high school student navigating its dynamics will help guide the kaupapa of the film.

 

 

 

Ruby Harris – Director

Ruby works as a filmmaker and director in Auckland. She was an award winner in The Outlook For Someday film competition from 2012-14 and has since gone on to make music videos, short documentaries and facilitated filmmaking workshops with kids. In 2019 she wrote, produced and directed a short drama called ‘Triple Scoop’ which has been selected to screen at international film festivals in Berlin and Australia.