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Barry Ronald Barclay, MNZM (12 May 1944 – 19 February 2008) was a New Zealand filmmaker and writer of Māori (Ngāti Apa, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti) and Pākehā (European) descent.
Barry Barclay — director of landmark TV series Tangata Whenua and feature film Ngati — was a longtime campaigner for the right of indigenous people to tell their own stories, to their own people. In 2004 he was made an Arts Foundation Laureate, and in 2007 a Member of the NZ Order of Merit.
Mar 1, 2012 · The rise of indigenous cinema as a global phenomenon has been characterized most forcefully by Maori filmmaker and critic Barry Barclay, who coined the term ‘Fourth Cinema’ in a 2002 speech in order to separate indigenous minority cinemas – which operate ‘outside of the national orthodoxy’ – from the First, Second and ...
- Joanna Hearne
- 2012
Barry Barclay (1944-2008) was a filmmaker who made Ngati, The Feathers of Peace and Autumn Fires. He received the M.N.Z.M. award for his services to the film industry in 2007.
- Director, Writer
- May 12, 1944
- Barry Barclay
- February 17, 2008
A ScreenTalk interview with the late Barry Barclay, a pioneer of Māori filmmaking and director of Tangata Whenua, Ngati and The Feathers of Peace. He talks about his early days at Pacific Films, his creative and independent spirit, and his challenges as a Māori filmmaker.
Barry Barclay developed a Māori film-making aesthetic in the landmark documentary-series, Tangata Whenua, produced with the late Michael King in 1974 about Māori life and culture. He was the first Māori director of a dramatic feature, Ngati (1987), proving a film could be made in collaboration with local communities.
Mar 16, 2021 · Barry Barclay was a pioneer of Māori filmmaking and a recipient of the Arts Foundation Laureate Award in 2004. He produced documentaries and features that explored Māori culture, history and identity, such as Ngāti, Te Rua and The Feathers of Peace.
