Alister Barry Movies
- 1981
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Race for the Yankee Zephyr5.81981HD
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks...
- 1997
Backroom Troubles
Backroom Troubles01997HD
Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs...
- 2008
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men102008HD
The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone...
- 1981
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union01981HD
Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber...
- 1996
Someone Else's Country
Someone Else's Country01996HD
Someone Else’s Country looks critically at the radical economic changes implemented by the 1984 Labour Government - where privatisation of...
- 2014
Hot Air
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In the years since New Zealand politicians began to grapple with climate change our greenhouse gas emissions have burgeoned. Alister Barry’s...
- 1997
Time is a Spider
Time is a Spider01997HD
Rummaging through the mementos falling out of her closet, Margaret remembers moments from her life and her marriage to George.
- 1973
Mururoa 1973
Mururoa 197301973HD
In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry...
- 2007
A Civilised Society
A Civilised Society02007HD
A documentary exploring the battle over public education in New Zealand from the 1980s through the 1990s
- 1970
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men01970HD
Don Brash stepped down as leader of the National Party in November 2006, the day before the release of investigative journalist, Nicky Hager's book...
- 2011
Operation 8
Operation 802011HD
Operation 8 examines the so-called 'anti-terror' raids that took place around New Zealand on October 15, 2007 - asking how and why they took place...
- 1986
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill01986HD
Steve Guttenberg portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild...
- 2002
In a Land of Plenty
In a Land of Plenty02002HD
The story of unemployment in New Zealand and In A Land of Plenty is an exploration of just that; it takes as its starting point the consensus from...
- 2005
Breath of Peace
Breath of Peace02005HD
A fascinating story of effort towards global peace, featuring eight peace people of Aotearoa New Zealand – spanning some seven decades –...
- 1981
A Century of Struggle
A Century of Struggle01981HD
A Century of Struggle chronicles the hundred-year history of the NZ Seamen’s Union from its formation in 1879. Using original film and archive...
- 1988
A Nuclear Free Pacific (Niuklia Fri Pasifik)
A Nuclear Free Pacific (Niuklia Fri Pasifik)01988HD
This documentary travels to nine Pacific nations, including New Zealand, to chronicle the long struggle to create a regional nuclear arms free zone.