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Celebrate the legacy of New Zealand comedian and political satirist John Clarke in this profoundly intimate documentary directed by his daughter, Lorin. While the public knew John as the sharp-witted genius of the beloved double act with Bryan Dawe, who skilfully skewered political hypocrisy for almost four decades, the man himself remained famously private.

Lorin pieces together a deeply personal portrait by weaving together remarkable, previously unreleased conversations with her father recorded before his death in 2017, alongside a rich archive of his television work and insights from contemporaries like Sam Neill and Ben Elton. This is a special, moving look at the man behind the genius, revealing the childhood roots of his lifelong resistance to authority and offering delightful, unprecedented insight into both the public and private lives of someone we all wished we knew.