Amiri’s Child hits the headlines with a timely message for New Zealand!
The release of the first look videos of Amiri’s Child has provoked an extraordinary and totally unexpected response. Preview audiences in New Zealand have been fast to point out the parallels between the government’s sale of shares in the power industry and Amiri’s Child, a David and Goliath story of intense conflict between the directors of two rival power companies.
Does Amiri’s Child foreshadow the dangers of power generation becoming a political hot potato and falling into the wrong hands? Is the deadly rivalry between the two power companies something which could happen here in New Zealand? Will life imitate art?
Asset sales are a hot issue right now in New Zealand. The Amiri & Aroha trilogy has taken on some important contemporary issues and now Amiri’s Child is at the centre of current debate!
credit David Whittet Films