Saturday 4 September 2010

Hiding Behind The Green Screen

Judge Rob Murfitt knows a thing or too about the impact of dope. Murfitt sees the repercussions of cannabis every day on the bench as a Taranaki Youth Court Judge

View the TV1 CLOSE-UP DOCCO REVIEW - THUR 2 SEP, 2010
 
http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/green-screen-3755727/video
 
 
 
Cannabis doco preview on line
 

 
A trailer of the Taranaki educational documentary outlining the dangers of chronic cannabis use can now be seen on the website, http://www.hidingbehindthegreenscreen.com/

The documentary, of the same name, will have its premiere on Saturday September 4th before invited guests at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Theatre.

The documentary is the brain child of Taranaki's Youth Court Judge Rob Murfitt who was seeing first hand the damage and psychoses caused by heavy use both in the Youth Court and in his job as a mental health judge at Te Puna Waiora, Taranaki's mental health ward.

Judge Murfitt was driven to develop a resource for Taranaki organisations to get the message out before he leaves for a new posting in Christchurch.

Produced by Paora Joseph, a psychologist working with young people at Waves, it features well-known New Zealand band members, Frances Kora, of Kora, and Rio Hemopo, of Trunity Roots and Fat Freddy's Drop, who take young Taranaki Maori under their wing.

It was filmed at Parihaka, New Plymouth Prison and Taranaki Base Hospital.

The DVD is to be made available free as a training resource for Taranaki groups such as schools, mental health services, Child Youth and Family and police youth aid.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/4092934/Cannabis-doco-preview-on-line