Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace

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Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace

Name: Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace
Director: John Chrisstoffels
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2023-07-28
Duration: 82 min
Cast: Kim Garrett

July 28, 2023

1h 22m

Farmer, family man, and—unlikely leftist organiser. Bill Youren gave up a career as a lawyer to live a traditional farmer life in the back-blocks of the Hawke's Bay. He was also a zealous supporter of freedom of speech in a political environment, with the backdrop of the Cold War and the 1951 Waterfront Strike, where anyone labelled a Communist was seen as an existential threat.