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Documentary series Revolution mapped the social and economic changes in New Zealand society in the 1980s and early 1990s. This first episode focuses on NZ's radical transformation from a heavily regulated welfare state to a petri dish for free market ideology. It includes interviews with key political and business figures of the day, who reveal how the dire economic situation by the end of Robert Muldoon's reign made it relatively easy for Roger Douglas to implement extreme reform. Revolution won Best Factual Series at the 1997 Film and TV Awards.
It is now 13 years since Revolution was made for Television New Zealand and there has been no equivalent documentary of recent political history on our screens since as far as I can ascertain. The ...
[From the introduction to the book accompanying the TV series, published by Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996]
Revolution is a journalist's assembly of observations about the transformation of New ...
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Very well compiled. Any chance of adding "Magic Kiwi's Muldoon" to the site?
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Short Film, 1987 (Full Length)
A classic short film directed by Revolution editor Bill Toepfer
Television, 1996 (Full Length Episode)
The second epiosde in the Revolution series
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
Muldoon is famously abrasive being interviewed by Simon Walker
Television, 2003 (Full Length)
A doco about famous families featuring the Muldoon whanau
Television, 2000 (Excerpts)
A series on 20th Century NZ society
Television, 1988 (Excerpts)
A series satirising NZ politics in the 1980s via puppet caricature
Television, 2004 (Full Length)
A documentary on Marilyn Waring, then a controversial MP
Television, 1996 (Full Length Episode)
The third episode in the Revolution series
Television, 1996 (Full Length Episode)
The final episode in the Revolution series
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
A satire of NZ Public Service during the Muldoon era
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Posted at 07.24PM - 12.02.2011
Is this available on DVD yet?