"these home movies shot on her husband's phone, originally for family consumption have since been turned into a documentary premiering in British cinemas this December. Prime Minister, the movie, is the latest step in Ardern's campaign for politicians to be allowed to reclaim their humanity, which broadly means the public accepting that they are grappling with the same private pressures as the rest of us (and no doubt similarly making a hash of it at times)."
"Without the kind of latitude that Ardern is asking for, leadership roles would effectively be restricted to robots and sociopaths, which doesn't seem in anyone's best interests. Yet the suspicion remains that sometimes in politics, only human is deployed as a plea for forgiveness or attempt at distraction, shifting attention away from the political and controversial to the more disarming (and often more easily spun) personal."
Home-film footage captures Jacinda Ardern in domestic, exhausted moments while she was prime minister, showing the overlap of parental duties and official responsibilities. The footage has been repurposed into a documentary that advances a claim that politicians should be allowed to display their humanity. The campaign for humane latitude argues that leaders face the same private pressures as other people and that denying that would restrict leadership to inhuman types. The argument is made more urgent by increased violent threats and abuse toward public figures. A counterpoint warns that “human” can be used strategically to deflect from political controversy.
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