Guled Mire says They Are Us feeds into a "white saviour mentality" by focussing on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rather than the victims. The prime minister has addressed ongoing pressure to denounce They Are Us, the film in development that would focus on her actions in the week after the Christchurch mosque attacks, saying hers is not the story that should be told. But the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) said it understood the production “does intend to apply for the New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG)”. New Zealand Muslim community advocate Guled Mire​ said if the prime minister didn’t directly denounce the film, she was tacitly supporting it. The film had no comment on the petition or the call to have the film shut down, Campbell said.

Source: Stuff June 11, 2021 21:23 UTC