Antinuclear film in demand

Press, 25 May 1989, Page 6

Antinuclear film in demand

PA Wellington A television documentary on the history of the Pacific anti-nuclear movement has attracted strong interest from overseas, the co-producer, Alister Barry, said. The 47-minute film, “Niuklia Fri Pasifik,” will be shown by Television New Zealand on Tuesday evening. It was made in 18 months by Mr Barry, the co-producer, Philip Shingler, and director-writer, Lesley Stevens, for just over $200,000, paid for jointly by j the New Zealand Film Commission, Television New Zealand and Britain’s Channel Four. At a special preview of the film in Wellington yesterday Mr Barry said several overseas television stations, particularly in Europe, wanted to show it. The film traces the emergence of the NuclearFree and Independent Pacific movement from 1975, when it held its first conference in Fiji, to the Treaty of Rarotonga a decade later, where a Pacific nuclear-free zone was declared stretching from Australia to South America. It contains interviews with most of the main political players, including the former New Zealand Prime Ministers, Sir Wallace Rowling and Sir Robert Muldoon. Also featured are David Lange, Bob Hawke, Father Wai-' ter Lini, peace activists and French and American military leaders.