Jim Marbrook

What happens when you suspect that your partner likes the house guest more than she likes you? A droll drama of unstated intentions in black, white and grey.

Jim Marbrook, director of Mental Notes and the original Dark Horse doco, takes us inside the long environmental campaign that followed the pollution of traditional Kanak fishing grounds in New Caledonia in 2008.

Huge numbers were placed there for life. Some were deemed hopeless cases, never to be part of society again. These were the patients and residents of New Zealand's 'Bins', the huge psychiatric hospitals that dotted the country up until the 90s. 'Mental Notes' tracks the intersecting stories of five remarkable New Zealanders. Their marginalised experiences form the backbone of a social history that many still feel uncomfortable to acknowledge.

In a small rural town, a restless teenager rejects the ordinary life that surrounds him. He escapes into a world of graffiti, rebellion, and reckless chases with the local cops. Behind the bravado lies a deeper motive: to carry on the legacy of his late father, a graffiti artist who never finished his boldest tag.

What happens when you suspect that your partner likes the house guest more than she likes you? A droll drama of unstated intentions in black, white and grey.

What happens when you suspect that your partner likes the house guest more than she likes you? A droll drama of unstated intentions in black, white and grey.

What happens when you suspect that your partner likes the house guest more than she likes you? A droll drama of unstated intentions in black, white and grey.

Jim Marbrook, director of Mental Notes and the original Dark Horse doco, takes us inside the long environmental campaign that followed the pollution of traditional Kanak fishing grounds in New Caledonia in 2008.

Jim Marbrook, director of Mental Notes and the original Dark Horse doco, takes us inside the long environmental campaign that followed the pollution of traditional Kanak fishing grounds in New Caledonia in 2008.

Huge numbers were placed there for life. Some were deemed hopeless cases, never to be part of society again. These were the patients and residents of New Zealand's 'Bins', the huge psychiatric hospitals that dotted the country up until the 90s. 'Mental Notes' tracks the intersecting stories of five remarkable New Zealanders. Their marginalised experiences form the backbone of a social history that many still feel uncomfortable to acknowledge.

Huge numbers were placed there for life. Some were deemed hopeless cases, never to be part of society again. These were the patients and residents of New Zealand's 'Bins', the huge psychiatric hospitals that dotted the country up until the 90s. 'Mental Notes' tracks the intersecting stories of five remarkable New Zealanders. Their marginalised experiences form the backbone of a social history that many still feel uncomfortable to acknowledge.