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Five Days in the Red Zone

Five Days in the Red Zone
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Five Days in the Red Zone
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The night after the Christchurch quake on 22 February 2011, Alexandra’s three-person rural drink-drive squad were sent to Christchurch's city centre. They were accompanied by Pip Wallis, who had been filming them for an episode of Highway Cops. Hers was one of the only media cameras allowed behind the cordon in the devastated central Red Zone, during those first few days. This documentary mixes news coverage with her footage, as the team confront unimagined destruction, ongoing aftershocks an...

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2011
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/five-days-in-the-red-zone-2011
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