Various Artists with Sofia & Beth

UNION is a film that tells the story of a group of Amazon workers and their efforts to unionise .

The film has received critical acclaim winning the U.S Documentary Special Jury Award at the 2024 Sundance Film festival.

The NZCTU and UnionAID have worked in tandem to organise the NZ premiere of the film on the 30th of April.

The Auckland screening will be taking place at The Capitol Cinema.

The Wellington screening will take place at Embassy Theatre

The Dunedin screening will take place at Metro Cinema

And, the Christchurch screening will take place at the Lumière Cinemas

Nicholas, spoke to Executive Director of UnionAID Tim Sutton about the NZ premiere of UNION.

f Stop Photo Fair is a photography exhibition with stalls, activities and more. It’s taking place next Saturday 27th of April at Studio One Toi Tū in Grey Lynn.

The event is in collaboration with Camila Araos, representing Auckland Zinefest, and Fernanda Venegas, representing Colectivo Narval from Chile.

Beth caught up with Camila and Fernanda about f Stop and all things photography.

Jimmy Robert is Artspace’s current artist in residence. He is interested in the body’s discipline into the following categories: acceptably invisible, or acceptably visible.

His exhibition Joie noire will be at Artspace on Karangahape Road from 20 April – 13 July 2024. It is the third reinterpretation of a performance by Jimmy of the same title which debuted in Berlin in 2019.

Beth spoke to Jimmy about Joie noire and the conditions of the body in the public sphere.

My Creative Rights has been developed by a non-profit org Copyright Licensing NZ (CLNZ) to demystify dense legal language around copyright and help writers and artists protect their intellectual property. Free 15-minute consultations with a legal advisor are available which are subsidised by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage for a limited time.

Artistic and academic Yolunda Hickman works with CLNZ as a visual arts advisor. Beth spoke with her about My Creative Rights and the importance of knowing your rights as an artist in Aotearoa.