• 8 months ago
Director Zara Hayes, has returned to her home town of Wigan to produce more films telling the stories of people in the North West. She was surprised to see Poms, a film she directed about women in an American retirement home, has hit the number two in the Netflix charts.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Zara Hayes, I'm a filmmaker. I write and direct films and TV for all different platforms, both in drama and in documentaries.
00:08 And I'm originally from Wigan, I grew up here, and growing up I went to Willpower Youth Theatre, which is where my love of drama really started.
00:17 But my work's taken me all around the world since then.
00:20 Some of my recent credits include a mini-series for the BBC called Show Trial, which is still available on iPlayer at the moment.
00:29 And I just completed a psychological thriller called The Killing Kind.
00:33 But I had quite a surprise this week when a film I made a couple of years ago in America dropped on Netflix and started doing really well,
00:40 and it's currently at number two in their charts.
00:43 It's called Poms, and it's a comedy about a group of women in a retirement community in America who decide to set up a cheerleading team.
00:51 And it stars Diane Keaton, Jackie Weaver and Pam Grier, and a bunch of other amazing actresses.
00:57 So if that sounds like your cup of tea, definitely check that out.
01:00 But what I most wanted to say once I had this opportunity was that I'd recently based myself back in Wigan,
01:06 and I'm really passionate about telling stories about people from the North West and things that happen in the North West.
01:13 So if anyone has any thoughts or wants to get in touch with me, please do, and I'd love to collaborate with people.

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