Monthly Archives: April 2008

Submission to Secretary re film “End of the Spear”

Urgent Attention Secretary of Internal Affairs and copy for Mr Owen Davie Secretary, Film & Lierature Board of Review Additional Comments Relevant to Society’s Proposed Lower Classification of the DVD End of the Spear and Formal Application for Leave. 5 February 2008 Further to the information submitted earlier by fax by the Society to the [...]

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Submission to Board Re film “End of the Spear”

Attention: Film & Literature Board of Review (FLBR) Re: End of the Spear (DVD 113 min 30 sec in length. Classified R16 By Chief Censor’s Office – the Office of Film and Literature Classification [OFLC]).) The Society contends that the DVD feature End of the Spear, which is virtually identical to the 35 mm cinema [...]

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Morals body seeks lower [End of the Spear] film rating

KELLY ANDREW – The Dominion Post Saturday, 05 April 2008 http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4464953a6479.html A morals group is calling for a film’s rating to be lowered from R16 so that younger audiences can experience its Christian message. End of the Spear tells the true story of a group of Christian missionaries speared to death by an Ecuadorian tribe [...]

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