Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi) is the director of the upcoming documentary TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty. Photo: Supplied
Toitū Toiora was the landmark exhibition held at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2020.
It endured a number of obstacles before opening night, including Covid 19 and the public resignation of its Māori curator, Nigel Borrell.
The exhibition is a major survey of contemporary Māori art from the 1950s to the present day and is the largest exhibition the Auckland Art Gallery has ever undertaken.
It featured over 300 artworks by 110 Māori artists; the idea was to introduce the audience to new ways of approaching and engaging with Māori art.
Award winning producer and director Chelsea Winstanley returned home from Hollywood to make a behind-the-scenes documentary and found herself at the centre of a modern day stand for sovereignty.
The result is TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty, is showing at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Director Chelsea Winstanley films Maori art curator nigel borrell in a still from the new documentary TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty. Photo: TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty
