LIPPY PICTURES

 

 

FEATURE LENGTH TELEVISION FILM

 

WINNER 9 WORLD MEDALS

2017 NYF BEST INTERNATIONAL TV & FILM

 

In the 1930s, New Zealand's Jean Batten stood alongside Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson as one of the most glamorous aviatrixes in the world. Her record-breaking solo flights across the world were legendary. Her courage was extraordinary. Her navigational ability was extraordinary. 

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Despite the increasing risks and the loss of so many of her fellow fliers, Batten kept going, and she kept succeeding. New Zealand could not be more proud of their Hine-o-te Rangi (Daughter of the Skies).

Yet the perfectly cultivated public persona hid some personal demons, hinted at by her sudden disappearances and periods of reclusion.

 

The true story of Jean Batten is of a daughter determined to live up to a powerful mother, desperate to leave a mark on the world – and prepared to go to the ends of the earth to do so.

This is the story of JEAN.

 

Director: Robert Sarkies

Writers: Paula Boock & Donna Malane

Cinematographer: Ginny Loane

Designer: Mark Robins

Costume: Kirsty Cameron

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Starring Kate Elliott, Miranda Harcourt, Michael Whalley

 

Made with the assistance of TVNZ and NZOA’s Platinum Fund. 

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JEAN premiered on TVNZ1 23 October, 2016.

It is available to view online in New Zealand here.

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International sales handled by Banijay Rights Ltd.