The New Zealand Film Commission’s flop productions – fiscal 21/22 and fiscal 22/23 – have left Kiwi audiences without a single character to cheer for.
The cast – notably the political appointees of the agency’s board – lurch from bumbling to backpedalling, as they spend the public’s money in a scramble for self-preservation.
But viewers should remember such stories come to light through the quiet courage of those off-screen, among the ranks of officials, and others who make their living around the sprawling machine of Government.
The opening scene is mid-2021 and the hiring of chief executive David Strong amid a glaring and declared conflict of interest, in the form of his (and his wife’s) ongoing ownership stake in a TV drama project called The Pilgrim, fronted by production company Great Southern TV.
Photo: Kerry Prendergast
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