SCREENING ON SKY ARTS (CH. 20),  8 &  12 DEC. 2024 FOR SUBSCRIBERS, THEN ON CATCH-UP.  AND INTERNATIONAL PAY-PER-VIEW, AROVISION.

​

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

​​

Red Mole: A Romance explores the origins, performances, personalities and fate of Red Mole who burst onto the scene at the height of the counter-culture in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 1970s.  

​

An indefinable genre of poetry, dance, mask, fire-eating, and rock music, Red Mole took young NZ by storm. In the 1980s, they departed for New York City, where they reached some acclaim until the demands of the city fragmented their core members. 

​

Red Mole: A Romance is both a social history and a poignant personal story. It premiered at NZIFF 2023 and won Special Mention at the Polish International Film Festival, screened In Competition at Cinema D’Idea in Rome and in several other festivals. 

​

If you’re a fan of underground theatre, counter-culture, poetry, politics, music, costumes, masks, op-shop-cool fashion… this is the film for you. 

​

"A raucous and entertaining portrait of the radical and boundary-pushing NZ radical theatre troupe, Red Mole – deeply emotional"

​

– Chris Bourke, NZIFF 

​

"Goldson doesn’t gloss over how tough life was for the troupe – especially the women within it – but she also celebrates the love and need to create that drove them. Red Mole: A Romance is a blast and a joy." 

​

– Graeme Tuckett,  Sunday Star-Times 

​

“An intoxicating iceberg of a film.”

– Seven Sharp, TVNZ 

​

“Outstanding .. the film won me over.”

– Simon Morris, RNZ