February 13, 2011

In 1951, New Zea­l­and tem­por­ar­ily became a police state. Civil liber­ties were cur­tailed, free­dom of speech denied, and the Gov­ern­ment used force against its own cit­izens. This film tells the story of the infam­ous lock­out of water­side work­ers and the nation­wide strike which fol­lowed.