New Zealand Politics Collection
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This collection of documentaries offers a penetrating look into New Zealand's political landscape, spanning decades of social and economic change. These films explore pivotal moments in the nation's history from nuclear testing protests in "Mururoa 1973" to government surveillance concerns in "The 5th Eye". The Alister Barry Collection examines the impact of neoliberal policies, while "Operation 8" delves into controversial anti-terror raids and labor disputes are highlighted in "Kinleith '80". Together, these documentaries paint a complex picture of New Zealand's evolving political identity and its struggles with economic reform, environmental issues, and civil liberties.
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A collection of films directed by Alister Barry showing archival footage of the effects of Neoliberalism transforming New Zealand.
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Questioning the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance and NZ's involvement, The 5th Eye examines contemporary intelligence gathering from NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, US entrepreneur-in-exile Kim Dotcom to the NZ PM, John Key.
A documentary exploring the battle over public education in New Zealand from the 1980s through the 1990s.
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In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons.
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This feature documentary tells the story of the neoliberal revolution in New Zealand from its origins in the early 1980s to the mid 1990s.
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Discover the new power in the faces of the Pacific. Journey through nine island nations to trace a decade of struggle by the peoples of the South Pacific to declare their region nuclear-free.
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Twenty years of political struggle to reduce NZ's emissions and avert disaster.
New Zealand, 1984. The newly elected Labour government turned unemployment into a tool of economic management with the aim of controlling inflation.
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An extraordinary story of political corruption in NZ.
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Operation 8: Deep in the Forest examines the so-called 'anti-terror' raids that took place around New Zealand on October 15, 2007 - asking how and why they took place and at what cost to those targeted.
Kinleith '80 depicts the successful 12-week strike at NZ Forest Products which gained the 21% wage rise demanded and achieved the repeal of the Renumeration Act.
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An inquiry into the aims, methods and achievements of the Progressive Youth Movement, Kiwi political activists in the turbulent '60s.
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This hard-hitting documentary tells the story of conscientious objectors and anti-war campaigners fined and imprisoned in New Zealand for the duration of World War II.
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New Zealand Studies,Politics,Documentary,Social Commentary,History,Activism,20th Century,21st Century,Environmental Issues,Social Justice