The Maintenance of Silence

1985

Drama

22m
July 16, 1985 · New Zealand

Overview

On November 18 1982, a 22-year old Aucklander, Neil Roberts, daubed a washroom wall with the graffiti slogan: ‘WE HAVE MAINTAINED A SILENCE CLOSELY RESEMBLING STUPIDITY’. He then placed a bomb outside the State Security Computer Centre at Whanganui where files are kept on all citizens. The bomb blew him to pieces.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: July 16, 1985
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: New Zealand
Production: New Zealand Film Commission
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded