Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: In Defence of Films as Art -- The Overseas Context -- Film Availability in New Zealand -- The Auckland Film Society (1929) -- The Auckland Star Film Reviews -- Chapter 2: Second Thoughts About Art -- The Wellington Film Society (1933) -- The Road to Ruin -- A Parliamentary Inquiry -- Turning Left -- The Federation of Film Societies -- The Film Institutes (1934-39) -- Chapter 3: Thesis and Antithesis - Tomorrow on Film -- Early Film Criticism -- Defending the Cinema -- The Importance of Documentaries -- The Cinema and Education -- Other Contributions -- Chapter 4: Public Policy and Private Enterprise -- Institutions and Agents -- The National Film Library -- Independent Film Distribution -- Film Criticism Goes National -- Chapter 5: Building the Cultural Infrastructure -- The Revival -- Developing Discursive Practices -- Collaboration with Business -- The Perils of Passivity -- Chapter 6: Happy Together: Education, Networks, Festivals -- Magazines and Film Classes -- The Winter Film School -- Commerce and Co-operation -- At the Art-house -- Chapter 7: Nouvelle Vague: Film Culture Meets Counterculture -- The Auckland International Film Festival (1969) -- Youth Culture and Film Censorship: 1930s Redux -- The Wellington Film Festival -- Some Conclusions -- Chapter 8: Between Spectacle and Memory -- Film Festival Expansion -- Programming the Nation -- Festival Professionalization -- Creating a Memory Site -- Born in Poverty -- The Last Film Search (1993-2000) -- Roadmap for the Future -- Conclusion -- Index -- Back Cover.