Politics in the dark: why watching together still matters

On April 2, REEL Politics brings the story of Jacinda Ardern to Ottawa's Bytowne Cinema screen in the latest of our eight-film series featuring politics and film.

Mollie Anderson started REEL Politics film screenings with her father Bruce Anderson to bring people together to discuss movies. 'The cinema creates a community and invites us through that collective experience to share ideas, test our impressions, and begin to understand one another more deeply.'Photograph courtesy of James Park

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BY BRUCE ANDERSON, MOLLIE ANDERSON

March 30, 2026

There’s a scene in Prime Minister, the acclaimed documentary about Jacinda Ardern, where the former New Zealand prime minister is captured in a private moment: raw, unguarded, visibly carrying the weight of leading a country through catastrophe.

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