My Year with Helen

2017

93 mins

Directed by Gaylene Preston
Documentary

Kiwi filmmaking legend Gaylene Preston follows former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark as she runs for UN Secretary General.

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Kiwi filmmaking legend Gaylene Preston follows former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark as she runs for UN Secretary General.

My Year with Helen gives a closely observed view of Helen’s bid for the top job, as the UN turns itself inside out in an effort to deliver unprecedented transparency in an historic year. Gaylene Preston’s cameras follow Helen Clark campaigning for Secretary-General while also carrying out her work as Administrator of UNDP, filming Clark in Botswana, Britain, Spain and Ukraine as well as the UN’s New York headquarters.

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My Year with Helen is available to stream in Australia... More now on Google TV and DocPlay and Apple TV Store and Beamafilm.

My Year with Helen | Ratings & Reviews

"What a difference losing makes. Helen Clark’s well-documented, ultimately unsuccessful, bid to become United Nations’ Secretary-General may have dented personal dreams, as well as Kiwi aspirations throughout diplomatic, political, and public spheres - but boy has it set Gaylene Preston’s film up to be more than just a victory lap."

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Flicks

"An entertaining and enlightening watch."

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Stuff

"What begins as an observation of Clark's six-year tenure at the UN becomes a fascinating analysis of how the Secretary-General is selected - the UN's top job, and a position that's been held only by men."

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New Zealand Herald

"It's a sickeningly fascinating examination of the human condition, the politics of change and the lip service that goes in, but thanks to Gaylene Preston's light and deft touch, what it becomes, is a dignified and restrained, yet undeniable clarion call to arms."

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