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Ardern Documentary 'Prime Minister' Wins Emmy Award
The film about Jacinda Ardern won after premiering at Sundance and taking the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary.
- On Thursday, the HBO original documentary Prime Minister won best documentary at the Documentary Emmy Awards, profiling former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern's leadership journey.
- Auckland-Based filmmaker Michelle Walshe and American Lindsay Utz directed the film, chronicling Ardern's path to becoming New Zealand's 40th leader while balancing motherhood amid crises including the Christchurch terror attack.
- Home videos shot by Ardern's husband, Clarke Gayford, and audio clips from the Alexander Turnbull Library's Political Diaries project ground the storytelling, which won the Audience Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
- The production also secured the outstanding politics and government documentary prize during the ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Have I Got News For You star Michael Ian Black hosted the documentary categories.
- Since stepping down as Prime Minister and Labour Party leader in 2023, Ardern accepted fellowships at Harvard University and now resides in Australia, positioning the documentary as a retrospective on her tenure.
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