{"id":522706,"date":"2026-07-12T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/522706\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:33:09","slug":"first-of-four-short-films-on-lethbridges-character-by-local-filmmaker-now-available-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/522706\/","title":{"rendered":"First of four short films on Lethbridge\u2019s character by local filmmaker now available online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3eaba2ff-f761-47c3-b254-cb4fca43674a.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: Dave Lueneberg | Lethbridge News Now)<\/p>\n<p>By Dave Lueneberg<\/p>\n<p>Unvarnished Lethbridge<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 12, 2026 | 11:41 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A well-known Lethbridge photographer, now filmmaker, is putting\u00a0together a four-part documentary on the city featuring not only its landscape, but its character.<\/p>\n<p>Unvarnished: Lethbridge, says Robert Messenger, is designed to show the city\u2019s true identity and from a ground-level perspective, one he hopes he\u2019ll be able to complete in short order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis docu-series, in particular, is meant to become a gift to the city, so any ammenity that wants it. so the Allied Arts or the Public Library or anybody who wants it,\u201d says Messenger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I\u2019m doing a crowd funding operation on my website to help keep the lights on so I can produce this, but once I hit my goal, I\u2019m gifting it to any city entity that wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: Dave Lueneberg | Lethbridge News Now) By Dave Lueneberg Unvarnished Lethbridge Jul 12, 2026 | 11:41&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-522706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}