The Last Man on Earth

If freaks like him didn't exist we wouldn't have needed a vaccine.

– Carter (Shane Bartle) expresses his belief in eugenics

Mother Nature's a bitch, and the bitch fights back.

– Carter (Shane Bartle) shares his view of the state of things

In the film, Duncan’s character turns out to be the hero. The person whose moral character illustrates that a human’s worth should not be determined by ability — let’s face it, you can be fully able (mentally and physically) and still be a total plonker, as evidenced by way too many heads of global super powers right now.

– April Phillips on her film The Last Man on Earth, Scoop, April 2019

If you can hear this than neither of us is alone. My name is Annie Harper, I'm a survivor and my location is the Aotea Television Studios in Wellington, New Zealand 41.13 South, 170.64 degrees East. If you can hear this than neither of us is alone...

– Annie (Greer Phillips) sends out a message into a post-apocalyptic world

As the mother of a very precious and severely disabled child, I wanted my latest film to be more than just a piece of entertainment. It was a passion project focusing on disability.

– Writer/director April Phillips on The Last Man on Earth, Voxy website, 19 April 2021

We live in an incredibly diverse world which makes society interesting and colourful. We’re getting better at mirroring that diversity on-screen, but there’s still a long way to go when it comes to casting actors who have physical or neurological differences.

– Writer/director April Phillips, in a press release for The Last Man on Earth, April 2019