No More Heroes

No More Heroes is a feature length documentary film charting the birth of Skateboarding in New Zealand and the rise and fall during its 1970s explosion. A five-year labour of love amassed hundreds of rare photos and hours of Super 8 and 16mm footage, creating a film so special it leaves the viewer literally stunned. Raw, iconic, and most of all, Kiwi, pure 1970s madness!

This Project

Originally produced in 2006 to a kick-arse 100% NZ punk rock 70s  soundtrack, the funds available were not enough to cover the music licensing rights beyond its debut at the 2006 New Zealand New Zealand Film Festival.  We now want to raise the money to ensure it gets released once and for all.

This slice of New Zealand skateboarding history (akin to the likes of Stacy Peralta's 'Dogtown and Z-Boys') deserves a place in not only every skateboarders movie collection but in our country's library archives preserved for generations to come.

The Film

No More Heroes is a bittersweet tribute to the asphalt  desperadoes of Aotearoa in the 1970s who took skateboarding from a fun pursuit into a full-blown New Zealand phenomenon. It tracks down the key players in the story- the top skaters, the manufacturers, the designers and photographers, and finds out exactly what happened. The collection of rare and unique footage includes that of Manukau's legendary skatepark Skatopia being opened by Rob  Muldoon and visited by New Zealand teen superstar and actor Leif Garrett.

"This film will appeal to everyone, skaters and non-skaters, young and old alike. No one has really made a documentary that focuses on what young New Zealanders were doing in the 70s. The totally daggy kiwiana, moments are the best. The fashions are just rocking. You'd have to be dead not to get a kick out of the footage!" - Andrew Moore, 2006.

Please Contribute

Please contribute to our project now and keep coming back as we feed in regular teaser footage. Like us on Facebook for daily updates and chats. We will strive to thank all contributors in the credits of the film however this will depend on space, we will do our best.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Yes there are sponsorship opportunities available still, including brand placement available on the final film opening and/or closing credits. Please contact us directly via Facebook or on 021-256-3213.

THANK YOU!

Film info:

Director/Producer/Writer/Editor: Andrew Moore

Co Producer/Editor: Daren King

Camera: Stuart Page/ Andrew Moore

Starring: Peter Boronski, Grant Macredie, Victor Viskovich, Frank Edwards, Sean Kerrigan, Lee Ralph and others.

Narrated by Graham Brazier

Duration: 85 minutes

Colour: Super 8, DVcam