Sundance 2025 Review: Prime Minister – “Makes a world leader approachable and understandable.”

Prime Minister Review: The Courage to Be Kind - POV Magazine

Prime Minster (USA, 102 min.) Dir. Michelle Walshe & Lindsay Utz Programme: World Cinema Documentary Competition (World premiere)   Upon announcing her nomination as leader of New Zealand’s Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern admitted that she’s just accepted the worst job in politics. If fronting a floundering party into an election is unenviable task, that’s nothing compared to steering a nation during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister of…

Sundance 2025 Review: Prime Minister – “Makes a world leader approachable and understandable.”

In 2017, Jacinda Ardern became the self-described ‘reluctant’ Prime Minister of New Zealand.  Just weeks before an election was to be held, the leader of the Labour Party resigned amidst poor polling numbers, paving the way for Ardern to become the nation’s 40th Prime Minister.  Not even 40 years old herself, and pregnant at the […]