Someone Else's Country

1996

Documentary

1h 47m
April 18, 1996 · New Zealand

Overview

Someone Else’s Country looks critically at the radical economic changes implemented by the 1984 Labour Government - where privatisation of state assets was part of a wider agenda that sought to remake New Zealand as a model free market state. The trickle-down ‘Rogernomics’ rhetoric warned of no gain without pain, and here the theory is counterpointed by the social effects (redundant workers, Post Office closures). Made by Alister Barry in 1996 when the effects were raw, the film draws extensively on archive footage and interviews with key “witnesses to history”.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 18, 1996
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: New Zealand
Production: Vanguard Films
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site