This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.
Social & External
The people behind it
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Margaret Bert
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Edward McWade
Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Isaac Newton (uncredited)
Joe Yule
George O'Flanagan (uncredited)
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Two friends decide to have a wank remembering old times.
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The drug ballad of a gravely ill border cop's reckless heist of a cartel shipment, sung by a desperate soul destroyed in her wake.
Two monks on a mission choose very different paths
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In a hospital that struggles not to close its doors, two children discover their first love.
A troubled missionary, led by a rough Pākehā guide, treks through the forest of 1820s Aotearoa. On a journey to deliver a musket to a distant leader, they are surprised by the appearance of a young Māori man who proclaims he’s been sent to guide them. After joining their party, it is not long before the cultural differences of the trio divide them, and the missionary is forced into an awful revelation of his true nature
A man who was betrayed by his wife confesses first to a hitch-hiker and then to a priest. Each of them helps him to survive the betrayal of his wife in their own way...
A dissatisfied young man creates a false identity to feel accepted. In trying to be someone he's not, he finds himself lost between reality and illusion, facing his own insecurities.
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Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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After a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.
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A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible, navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean over the course of 210 days.
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It's 30 AD and everyone is expectantly awaiting the coming Messiah. While Jesus isn't exactly what they imagined, there is something special about this man. Soon, John, James, Andrew, Peter, and others begin to follow Jesus on an unexpected adventure. This beautifully animated story of Jesus is told through the eyes of his beloved young friend, the Apostle John.
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
