The Ground We Won – An Interview with Director Christopher Pryor

Christopher Pryor’sThe Ground We Won is a character-focused, black and white documentary about a rugby club in New Zealand. Despite its seemingly simple focus, the film is actually a powerful commentary on masculinity and our inter-generational attachment to sport. Ahead of the film’s screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival, we spoke to Pryor about his film.

I’ll start with perhaps an obvious question, which is how did you first come to the story of the Reporoa rugby team?

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