Julian Dennison will return to Dunedin for a screening of the film Uproar, set during the 1981 Springbok tour, at the Regent Theatre on October 1.
Dennison said the film was a coming-of-age story that chronicled a young man’s journey to find himself during the tour and its protests.
"Dunedin is a beautiful place."
Dennison, 20, said he had friends who had moved to the city for school who told him about student flat parties, so it was great to see what Dunedin was really like.
It became very quiet after 10pm, he said.
However, both he and co-star Erana James made the most of their wrap party.
"The DJ wasn’t that great, but apart from that it was good ... I don’t think he played a song with actual words in it," Dennison said.
James, 24, said working on the film was her first time in Dunedin.
Having the chance to revisit the 1981 Springbok tour was a novel way to understand the cultural, physical and political landscape of the city.
"It was a pretty interesting way to be introduced to Dunedin, and the tension at the time down there."
She spent several days in the city and was struck by the architecture and the landscape.
"I’m from Wellington and I thought we were the only ones that had that mountainous harbour situation, but I was wrong," she said.
The pair visited Baldwin St.
While James walked its length, which she found "bloody steep", Dennison did not share her enthusiasm.
"It’s very hard.
"It’s great, but it is just a street," he said.
