
Someone Else's Country
Director: Alister Barry
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”.
In brief
Someone Else's Country (1996) is a documentary film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 1h 47min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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Someone Else's Country runs 107 minutes (1h 47min).
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Someone Else's Country was released in 1996.
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