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Operation 8
Film (Trailer) – 2011
The problem with the police is it's like being in a forest, and the further you get into the forest, the more paranoid you become.
– Interviewee Ross Meurant, ex Red Squad second in command
... what this doco says, articulately and credibly, is funny ideas shouldn’t get your door kicked in and you stuck in a legal mire for four years.
– Russell Baillie, reviewing Operation 8 in The NZ Herald, 8 June 2011
Personally, I want to get hold of it on DVD and watch it at least twice more. It’s a densely argued, detail-rich two hours, and it deserves to be watched, absorbed, and discussed.
– David Larsen, reviewing Operation 8 in The Listener, 26 April 2011
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