Monday, October 19, 2015

Helen Clark : Inside Stories

Helen Clark:
Inside Stories
Claudia Pond Eyley & Dan Salmon
   
Paperback, 228 x 152mm
320 pages
978 1 86940 838 1   
Auckland University Press $39.99



 From friends and enemies, these candid accounts reveal the life of Helen Clark,
 and the inside story of some of the major political developments of the last fifty years

How to you get under the skin of a politician who is fiercely private, professional, on the job?

In 2012-2013, documentary makers Claudia Pond Eyley and Dan Salmon interviewed Helen Clark, her mother, father and sister, her friends, her enemies and her colleagues for a documentary.  Their interviews bring to life the tumultuous life and times of one of New Zealand’s most important political leaders, now one of the most powerful women in the world.

Out of those hundreds of hours of tapes this book puts together the inside life of Helen Clark, told by Helen and the people who know her best.

Through the words of the actual players, sometimes raw, sometimes angry, we find ourselves taken inside the major political developments of the last fifty years. This is a frank, revealing account of Helen Clark and her world.

Contributors:
Matthew Hooten, Jonathan Hunt, John Key, Nanaia Mahuta, Mike Moore, Geoffrey Palmer, Winston Peters, Richard Prebble, Jenny Shipley, Heather Simpson, Cath Tizard, Judith Tizard, Ann Trotter, Denis Welch, Margaret Wilson Monty Adams, Jim Anderton, Jacinda Ardern, Georgina Beyer, Jim Bolger, Don Brash, Ruth Butterworth, Joan Caulfield, Robert Chapman, George Clark, Helen Clark, Jenefer Clark, Margaret Clark, Sandra Clark, Ginny Cowsill, Michael Cullen, Peter Davis, Roger Douglas, Brian Edwards, Bill English, Phil Goff, Phil Harington.

About the authors
Claudia Pond Eyley is a visual artist and film maker. She studied at Elam and has lectured at the University of Auckland. 
Dan Salmon is a multi-award-winning director and producer of documentary and drama. His documentaries have screened on TVNZ, ABC, Al Jazeera and EBS in Korea, and at international festivals. 

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