The disaster of the Christchurch Earthquake left the majority of its population devastated, but for a small group of homeless people, the earthquake meant new and luxurious living opportunities.
Living Like a King is an unexpected and revealing portrait of one of Christchurch's oldest streeties (aka Cowboy) and his taste of what it's like to live like a king.
Filmmaker: Zoe McIntosh
Zoe McIntosh first won attention for a documentary on mail order brides, made while she studied film at Canterbury University. In 2010, Lost in Wonderland, her hour-long doco about idiosyncratic barrister Rob Moodie, won the Qantas Award for Best Popular Documentary and the following year she was awarded the SPADA New Filmmaker Award.
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