Sci-Fi & Squeam

31 Jul 2016

MIFF 2016,Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses, korero with David Stubbs

Indigenous, Society & Culture, TV & Film

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MIFF 2016,Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses, korero with David Stubbs

Sonja Hammer speaks over the phone to film maker David Stubbs about his “compelling and heartbreaking” real life documentation and re-enactment of the tragic death of Janet Moses during an Exorcism in Aotearoa, the movie this family tragedy is based on is called Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses.

David talks of the Maori world of spirituality and how that impacted this documentary made about the ‘exorcism’ of Janet Moses.

‘Belief examines the 2007 death of young Wainuiomata mother Janet Moses during an attempted exorcism. The film uses a blend of interviews and reenactments to explore a tragedy which director David Stubbs believes was caused by “fear and love mixing and turning into hysteria”. The case was reported around the world. In 2009 five members of Janet’s close family were charged in relation to her death. Shortly before Belief debuted in the 2015 NZ International Film Festival, The Herald’s Peter Calder described it as “compelling and heartbreaking”.’

‘Belief’ will be screening at this years Melbourne International Film Festival, it’s first international festival on August 1st 2016, for details click here .

‘What we do is create wonderful lies. We engineer, fabricate, twist and turn stories — drama, comedy and documentary — and with a bit of luck the lies will reveal a magical truth. Hopefully accompanied by tears, laughter or goose-bumps’.David Stubbs

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