Zanny Begg: the Beehive

Author(s): Zanny Begg (Foreword by, Artist, Interviewer); Kilia Tipa (Contribution by, Interviewee); Pedro de Almeida (Contribution by); José Da Silva (Editor); Pat Fiske (Interviewee, Contribution by); Christopher Peterson (Contribution by); Bronwyn Penrith (Interviewee, Contribution by); Jennine Khalik (Interviewer, Contribution by); Oxana Timofeeva (Contribution by); Nicholas Mirzoeff (Contribution by)

True Crime

The Beehive 2018 is a non-linear experimental documentary by Zanny Begg exploring the unsolved murder of Sydney anti-development campaigner and glamorous style icon Juanita Nielsen. Juanita Nielsen campaigned against the violent eviction of tenants in Kings Cross, who were being pushed out to make way for apartment blocks. Juanita disappeared on the 4th of July 1975. Her body has never been found, and her murderers never charged.'Zanny Begg: The Beehive' gathers reflection from people that knew Nielsen, observers of the Green Bans movement, local Wiradjuri community leader Bronwyn Penrith, plus filmmaker Pat Fiske, sex worker activist Julie Bates, and performing artists Imogen Kelly and Kilia Tipa. The book also includes essays by Pedro de Almeida, Nicholas Mirzeoff, Christopher Peterson, and Oxana Timofeeva.


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General Fields

  • : 9780648335115
  • : UNSW Galleries
  • : 01 December 2020
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Zanny Begg (Foreword by, Artist, Interviewer); Kilia Tipa (Contribution by, Interviewee); Pedro de Almeida (Contribution by); José Da Silva (Editor); Pat Fiske (Interviewee, Contribution by); Christopher Peterson (Contribution by); Bronwyn Penrith (Interviewee, Contribution by); Jennine Khalik (Interviewer, Contribution by); Oxana Timofeeva (Contribution by); Nicholas Mirzoeff (Contribution by)
  • : Paperback
  • : English