Monday, February 06, 2006

Banana In a Nutshell

Banana in a Nutshell, Roseanne Liang's engaging documentary in which she and her white boyfriend seek her traditional Chinese parents' permission to marry. It's a lively mix of commentary, interview and reality TV, and though making it might be interpreted as an act of rebellion, it is just as much a love letter to her parents, using the way she knows best – her camera.

Write the truth By Barbara Weil

Remuera born and raised Roseanne Liang is a first generation Chinese New Zealander.

Her film Banana in a Nutshell returns for a limited season at the Rialto in Newmarket February 23-March 8. It explores Roseanne’s navigations through rough waters to achieve a blessing from her very traditional Chinese parents to marry a Pakeha Kiwi. Her parents came from Hong Kong and father Alan is an asthma specialist.




http://www.midweek.co.nz/cms/profiles/2006/01/art1000849.php

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