Jacinda Ardern Documentary ‘Prime Minister’ Gets November Premiere on CNN

A roundtable discussion hosted by Abby Phillip will stream exclusively on CNN after the film’s debut.

“Prime Minister,” the critically-acclaimed documentary about New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, is coming to CNN, TheWrap has exclusively learned. The movie will premiere on Nov. 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and will be followed by a roundtable discussion hosted by CNN anchor Abby Phillip that will only be available on CNN’s streaming offierings.

Presented by CNN Films, HBO Documentary Films, Magnolia Pictures and Madison Wells, the documentary will be available to stream the next day for subscribers who have access to CNN’s new streaming service, which launched last month.

The documentary comes from award-winning filmmakers Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz and has been praised as a “rare, intimate portrait” of this world leader, who was the prime minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023.