Very compelling, but one sided documentary about the protest in Wellington. If you hadn't seen anything about the protest previously you'd come out of the theatre thinking the protest was solely about the vaccine mandates, and it was loving and peaceful. It wasn't. They haven't shown any footage from the anti vaxxers, (remember the lady who got up and you everybody about her lamb), the people calling for Jacinda's execution, the bins full of beer bottles- supposedly it was alcohol free. I went in the first day, but wore a mask, so got shouted at and called names. Didn't bother going back. I didnt support the vaccine mandate, but I chose to wear a mask because I live with immuno compromised people. Freedom to choose right?? Not if you wore a face nappy though. The protest started with no real agenda and lots of different groups with opposing ideas and there was a lot of conflict. Even Saint Leighton was going to get lynched at one point - didn't see that video footage played in the doco. Then there was the independent reporters who went through and got beaten up, yet they complained about MSM filming from the balcony. I watched a lot of the footage from within the protest grounds, there was the people complaining about radiation poisoning (they got meters they didn't know how to use to show they were being radiated (obviously by the government and not anything to do with the excessive amount of cell phones being used). There was a lady who smoked weed in her tent every night cackling away because she was getting free food, booze and weed, and proudly uploading it to YouTube. Yes there were some good people there, but there were some bad people too. People who couldn't fit on parliament grounds (or access a tent) slept in building entrance ways, then abused the workers waking them up in the morning trying to get into their buildings. Businesses he ad to shut their doors because the staff didn't feel safe, or couldn't physically get to their workplace.
Overall I thought it was disappointing that they didn't show a more balanced view of what happened, only the view that put the protestors in a good light.
Overall I thought it was disappointing that they didn't show a more balanced view of what happened, only the view that put the protestors in a good light.