Guest Speaker:
Rob Hamill, MNZM
Film Producer, Author, Olympian & Trans-Atlantic Rowing Champion
Event Date: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Event Time: 5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Event Location:
Australian High Commission
72–76 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011.
Please note no building access after 6pm.
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About the film
Rob Hamill
‘Brother Number One’ is a New Zealand documentary film on the torture and murder of New Zealand yachtie Kerry Hamill by the Khmer Rouge in 1978. It follows the journey of Kerry’s younger brother, Rob Hamill, an Olympic and Trans-Atlantic champion rower, who travels to Cambodia to retrace the steps taken by his brother and John Dewhirst, speaking to eyewitnesses, perpetrators and survivors.
The film trailer above can also be viewed on Youtube.
For additional information please visit the Brother Number One website.
