Juliet Gerrard: Science in Dark Times

Filmmaker Shirley Horrocks spends three years with the Chief Science Advisor to New Zealand's Prime Minister, a period of time that saw the COVID-19 pandemic shake the world.

"As the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Dame Juliet Gerrard has become a central figure in the way New Zealand reacts to crises, providing important scientific advice from which our leaders take guidance. Science has played a greater role in our lives than ever before, and New Zealand has attracted worldwide attention for its success in minimising the impact of Covid-19 and cutting-edge work in genome testing. Recorded over three extraordinary years (and through dramatic national and global crises, including the eruption of Whakaari White Island, global pandemic and the ongoing effects of climate change), documentary filmmaker Shirley Horrocks captures the woman at the forefront of it all." (Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival)

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