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THE MARIQUITA FILMS<br />

Looking back I guess the idea for the <strong>Mariquita</strong> videos<br />

came from the documentary Ben made for Jim Thom and<br />

Peter Livanos to mark <strong>Mariquita</strong>’s centenary back in 2011.<br />

It was a serious piece of work and knowing our ownership<br />

of <strong>Mariquita</strong> would be for a limited period, perhaps three<br />

to four years, I was keen to make sure we had a lasting<br />

memento of our endeavours. My fellow owners thought<br />

this was an unnecessary extravagance but I was determined<br />

to have a permanent record of what was going to be a once<br />

in a lifetime experience so I decided to go ahead anyway!<br />

I struck a deal with Ben to shoot both video and stills and<br />

the rest is history. Once John and Jamie started to see the<br />

results they soon came around!<br />

Stephen Hemsley<br />

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