He smuggled the only footage out in a barrel of oranges. The French really hated this guy.
In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in the test zone; when The Fri was boarded and impounded by French military he had to hide his camera in a barrel of oranges.
Direction
Barry filmed while hiding from French military. That's commitment.
Production
Smuggled footage, improvised crew, zero budget — punk rock documentary.
Director
Alister Barry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mururoa protests helped birth modern NZ anti-nuclear identity, eventually leading to the 1987 nuclear-free zone legislation.
France conducted 193 tests at Mururoa; atmospheric tests weren't even banned until the year AFTER this was filmed.
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