Ms. Information

What we were witnessing was someone who was going to be polarising and was also passionate, which made for good material. I could tell she’d piss some people off.

– Director Gwen Isaac on Siouxsie Wiles, in an NZ Herald interview, 15 July 2023

I don’t think that violence will necessarily be taken against me, but sometimes I feel unsafe for my mum.

– Siouxsie Wiles' daughter Eve Galbraith

Thank you for calling the Doctor Siouxsie Wiles complaints service. This call may be recorded for quality assurance and training purposes. To help us assist you, please select from one of the following options: if you think Dr Wiles has pink hair because she's an attention-seeking whore, press one.

– Siouxsie Wiles leaves a message for some of her less pleasant callers

Ms. Information is an urgent essay on how quickly societies can fracture and how scared people will turn on any "outsider" — especially a strong woman — in their midst.

– Stuff writer Graeme Tuckett on the film, 16 July 2023

...It is people who are immune compromised, like yourself — obviously immune compromised with your size and your hairstyle, as you pour toxins into your body....

– One of the messages left on Siouxsie Wile’s answering machine

My central question . . . was always, why is she compelled to do this? She prioritised New Zealanders having an understanding of the science around the pandemic, above her own family and a quiet life. Siouxsie and her family privileged me with amazing access for two years and I became part of the furniture. It’s my belief that between the demands on her time to be the face of pandemic science, that we see the real Siouxsie. Audiences can make up their own minds about her — and her choices.

– Gwen Issac on Siouxsie Wiles, Flicks, 12 July 2023

Ms. Information is a bracing, sometimes shocking and superbly watchable film. Isaac had unprecedented access to our Covid response, and also to the splintering of our country. She has made a film that honours and interweaves those twin narratives in a way that tells both stories – and allows those stories to inform each other. Ms. Information is a very special achievement of editing and of sheer storytelling nous.

– Graeme Tuckett in a review of the film, Stuff website, 24 October 2023