Film Screening - 'Sedition' - 24 April
Sedition: The Suppression of Dissent in World War II New Zealand
Introduced by producer/director Russell Campbell.
The People's Cinema / Thursday 24 April, 6.30pm
After the carnage of World War I many New Zealanders formed a
movement committed to rejecting war as a means of settling international
disputes. When World War II broke out, government and pacifists were on
a collision course; and Communists, too. There was active opposition to New
Zealand’s involvement in the war. The government would brook no dissent.
Anti-war campaigners were fined and imprisoned, and eight hundred
conscientious objectors were incarcerated in detention camps for the
duration of the war. Sedition tells their story.
Biography: Dr Russell Campbell is an adjunct
professor in film at Victoria University of Wellington and a documentary
filmmaker with Vanguard Films. Among his films as director or
co-director are 'Rebels in Retrospect' (about the Progressive Youth
Movement of the Vietnam War era), 'Islands of the Empire' (on New
Zealand's military relationship with the United States), and 'Wildcat'
(the story of a struggle for democracy in the Timberworkers Union).
Details of the documentary:
Sedition
Vanguard Films
Producer/director/writer: Russell Campbell
Director of photography/sound recordist: Shane Loader
Editing: Russell Campbell, Shane Loader
Music: David Long, Steve Gallagher
Narrator: Carmel McGlone
140 minutes, Exempt
Winner: New Zealand Media Peace Awards, 2005
What: Sedition
Where: The People's Cinema
When: Thursday 24 April, 6.30pm
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