Drama Queen? The Trouble and Strife of Vincent Ward's River Queen

Sean Dammer discusses the trouble and strife of Ward's film, pointing out: 'Seldom in the field of Kiwi film endeavour can a movie have been a subject of so much negative speculation by so many [...] River Queen is a project that has taken five years of Vincent Ward's life to realize. It is greatly to Ward's credit that he has the vision to undertake an ambitious feature project exploring the bloody and controversial history of the New Zealand colonial wars. Such an exploration is long overdue.'