Migrant and Diasporic Film and Filmmaking in New Zealand

Arezou Zalipour’s research focuses on the intersection of diaspora, multiculturalism, screen production and practice and audience studies. Her interests cluster around diasporas in New Zealand, diasporic film and media, screen industry and socio-cultural diversity, and changing configurations of audiences in culturally diverse societies. She has a Masters from the Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, a PhD from the National University of Malaysia, where she was a senior lecturer, and a second PhD in Screen and Media Studies from the University of Waikato.    

Foreword by Hamid Naficy.- Preface by Annie Goldson.- Introduction Migration histories and screen representations in New Zealand.- Section I. Representations and production.- Chapter 1 Vincent Ward: Migrancy, Exile and Colonial Trauma.- Chapter 2 Kiwi Dragons in Love: The Chinese Diaspora and New Zealand Interracial Screen Romances.- Chapter 3 In/visible Subjects: Diasporic and Multicultural Identities in Zia Mandviwalla’s Short Films.- Chapter 4 Multiculturalism in No.2: Representing New Zealand in Sight and Sound.- Chapter 5 Circulating Currents: Disaporic Intensification and the Films of Tusi Tamasese.- Chapter 6 Fitting the Screen: Intermittent Production Practices and Diasporas in New Zealand.- Chapter 7: Bringing us All Together: Multiculturalism as Neoliberalism through New Zealand on Air.- Section II. Behind the Lens: A look inside the New Zealand screen industry.- Chapter 8 Shuchi Kothari (Indian Background).- Chapter 9 Zia Mandviwalla (Indian background).- Chapter 10 Sima Urale (Samoan background).- Chapter 11 Tusi Tamasese (Samoan background).- Chapter 12 Roseanne Liang (Chinese background).- Chapter 13 Stephan Kang (Korean background).- Conclusion Diasporising Screen.