Chelsie Preston Crayford: Director chats new 'auto-fiction' flick Caterpillar

Set in a run-down Wellington villa in 2003, Caterpillar follows three women living separate lives under one leaky roof. Sixteen-year-old Cassie is all bravado and vulnerability, drifting into risky territory as she searches for belonging. Her mother Maxine, 52, is a formidable single parent and filmmaker on the brink of a long-awaited breakthrough, finally offered a greenlight—if she can land a star. Holding everything together is Huia, Cassie’s grandmother, 80, whose life has been defined by quiet service to family and a private obsession with raising monarch caterpillars, dreaming of one day witnessing the legendary butterfly migration in Mexico. Director Chelsie Preston Crayford joined Matt Heath and Tyler Adams on the show to chat about her new film Caterpillar.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.