THE 5TH EYE 

THE 5TH EYE:
Feature documentary, 112 minutes, 2016.
A farmer, teacher and priest undertake a daring mission to breach security and deflate a giant radome at the GCSB-run Waihopai spy base in Blenheim, in an act of protest against New Zealand’s involvement in the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. An internet millionaire’s mansion is raided sparking an investigation exposing illegal domestic surveillance by the GCSB. While the government rams through law changes legalising spying on its own citizens, an NSA contractor blows the whistle on the Five Eyes network of global mass surveillance. With the rise of the surveillance state in the digital age, and in an era of endless war, new battle lines are drawn in new territories and the enemy is sought out closer to home.
“An intelligent, informative and entertaining film. This is serious stuff, deftly done. Recommended” - Dominion Post
“Impressively researched and constructed… compulsory viewing” - Pantograph Punch
“A concise political punch that requires every kiwi’s attention” - Flicks
Key Credits:
Directors: Abi King-Jones & Errol Wright
Producer: Errol Wright
Photography & Sound: Errol Wright
Editor: Abi King-Jones
Music: David Long
Sound Mix: Matt Stutter
Featuring:
Adrian Leason
Father Peter Murnane
Sam Land
Interviews: Nicky Hager, Jon Stephenson, Michael Knowles, Paul Buchanan, Thomas Beagle, Robert Patman, Richard Jackson, Keith Locke, Murray Horton, Moana Cole, Jane Kelsey, Omar Khamoun, Tim McBride, Rodney Harrison, Graham Murdock, May Bass, Jennifer Robinson, Will Potter.