This Weekend: 50 Hour Film Project lights up Wairarapa
Every Friday here on Nights, we like to take a look at what's happening around the country in the weekend ahead.
Tonight, we're heading to the Wairarapa for the
50 Hour Film Project
which is part of the Wairapapa Film Festival being held this weekend.
Director of the film festival Jane Ross joins Emile Donovan.
Photo:
Wairarapa Film Festival
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