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NZ PM says mosque attack film should focus on Muslim community not her

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June 14, 2021
'They Are Us’ highlights the weeks after the tragic Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15, 2019. Source: The Conversation/ AP

'They Are Us’ highlights the weeks after the tragic Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15, 2019. Source: The Conversation /AP

AUCKLAND: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that New Zealand’s Muslim community should be the focus of any film about the Christchurch mosque attacks after objections were raised about a movie focussing on her response to the incident.

A film called ‘They Are Us’ is being planned about the attacks on two mosques by a white supremacist gunman on March 15, 2019, in which 51 people were killed.

Ardern’s office said last week she and the government had no involvement with the film. Asked about it at a news conference, she said the Muslim community should be at the centre of any film about the shootings, not her.

“This is very raw event for New Zealand and even more so for the community that experienced it,” Ardern said. “I agree that there are stories that at some point should be told from March 15. But they are the stories from our Muslim community so they need to be at the centre of that. I don’t consider mine to be one of the stories that needs to be told,” she said.

READ MORE: New Zealand PM distances herself from film on Christchurch mosque shootings

She said, however, it was not for her to say whether a project should go ahead or not.  The film’s title is drawn from Ardern’s words on the day of the shootings. The 40-year-old leader’s compassionate response united her shocked country and was praised globally. New Zealander Andrew Niccol would write and direct the film.

Some Muslims questioned the plan to make a film when the pain of victims’ families, friends and the wider community was still so raw. They also questioned the plan to focus the film on the prime minister and not the victims.

Muslim community advocate Guled Mire told local network that he thought the film was “distasteful”. “It completely feeds into this white saviour mentality,” he said.

Armed with high-capacity semi-automatic weapons, Australian Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people and injured dozens when he opened fire in the two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch. Tarrant was last year sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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