The Business of Documentary Filmmaking by Claudia Babirat and LSD (Longacre Press, 2008) was launched in Dunedin last night before a group of about 400 well-wishers. The book was launched by Graeme Wilson (left), Chairman of the NZ Screen Council.

Graeme established the Natural History Unit of TVNZ in Dunedin in 1977 with Robert Brown (pictured in the blue shirt) and Neil Harraway (who was also at the launch). In many ways this book represents the great-great-grandchild of something he started over three decades ago.

He said he hoped the book would be adopted as a text by all filmmaking courses in New Zealand.