Overview

• Directed by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe, the film premieres June 13 after seven years in production using 300 hours of footage shot by partner Clarke Gayford.
• It features behind-the-scenes home videos of Ardern’s response to the Christchurch mosque shootings and the swift gun control reforms that followed, as well as her strict COVID-19 lockdown measures.
• Intimate scenes reveal her partnership with Clarke Gayford and the birth and early years of their daughter Neve amid the high demands of her premiership.
• After resigning in January 2023 citing burnout, Ardern has taken on a Harvard University fellowship and leads initiatives promoting empathetic leadership.
• Her memoir, A Different Kind of Power, published June 3, explores her leadership philosophy and the personal challenges she faced in office.