In a world accustomed to hardened, masculine leadership, filmmakers Lindsay Utz & Michelle Walshe were guided by a central question: What does leadership look like when kindness and humanity are at its core? In 2017, in the lead-up to national elections, Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became New Zealand’s opposition party leader. She had just turned 37. Two months later, she was Prime Minister, employing a sensitive and compassionate approach to the critical issues of our time.
Going behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, Prime Minister follows Jacinda for seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics, becomes a feminist political icon, resigns suddenly from office and continues to champion the fight against isolationism, fear, and the distortion of truth.
Reviews
"It’s not a biopic or a puff piece. It’s more of a memoir: a bigger story told through the events of one person’s life. That tale goes far beyond Ardern, even beyond New Zealand." – The New York Times
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This film is directed by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe, edited by Enat Sidi and Grace Zahrah, produced by Cass Avery, Katie Peck, Gigi Pritzker, and Rachel Shane, with music composed by Sofia Delgi Alessandri-Hultquist.
