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  • An Ordinary Person (2009)
  • Short | 44 min | Documentary, Short
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An Ordinary Person (2009)
Short | 44 min | Documentary, Short

Taking as its starting point a cluster of killings in Auckland city in 2003-2004, An Ordinary Person unpacks the use of the law of provocation as the notorious 'gay panic defense' to murder. Interviews with lawyers, legal academics and a ...See moreTaking as its starting point a cluster of killings in Auckland city in 2003-2004, An Ordinary Person unpacks the use of the law of provocation as the notorious 'gay panic defense' to murder. Interviews with lawyers, legal academics and a journalist are inter-cut with a stylized dramatization, telling a story that continues to have an underestimated cultural power. Written by Susan Potter See less
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Claire Cowan (original music by)
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Feb 28, 2009 (New Zealand)

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