Erebus Operation Overdue

  • World of Entertainment Jun 17, 2014

    If you hear a pin drop in any screening of this, I'd be terribly surprised. This doco has rightly swept the board - it's a powerful reminder of what excellent drama and careful research and interviewing can do to an audience.

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  • NZ Herald Jul 7, 2014

    It transfixed audiences and won Best New Zealand Feature, Best Directing, Best Editing and Best Cinematography at the festival.

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  • NZ Herald Jul 13, 2014

    This important and absorbing watch helps us comprehend - and says a long-overdue thank you.

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  • NZ Herald Jul 13, 2014

    It's the interviews with four police officers who carried the burden of the experience on their own which hit home.

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  • NZ Listener Jul 13, 2014

    There were also awards for directors, editing and cinematography – and no wonder

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  • Dominion Post Jul 14, 2014

    What this docudrama did so harrowingly well was to look at how it felt to be one of the people who had to go in and tidy up.

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  • NZ Herald, Colin Hogg Jul 14, 2014

    The doco about the police team sent to recover the bodies from the Erebus crash was a hellish story told hellishly well.

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  • Diana Wichtel - NZ Listener Jul 17, 2014

    The best local programme of this and many other years, this seamless mix of interviews and re-enactments has a powerful moment. Actually, it has many.

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  • National Radio Jul 17, 2014

    It was extraordinarily good TV....extraordinarily powerful and evocative.

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  • NZ Herald, Colin Hogg Jul 23, 2014

    It was a film so well made and so real it probably still haunts anyone who saw it.

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  • Screenzone May 16, 2014

    This film is a unique window into that slice of history and the human spirit it revealed. 5/5 stars.

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