When word got out that Jacinda Ardern would be sitting for a documentary about her time as the world’s youngest female leader, Madison Wells founder Gigi Pritzker and film and TV head Rachel Shane knew they had to get involved. After all, the company’s goal is to showcase stories by and about “badass women,” and Ardern’s tenure as the prime minister of New Zealand made her an international symbol for what women could do. She earned praise for her response to the coronavirus pandemic and for balancing her office while becoming a new mother.

Pritzker and Shane made their case to Ardern directly during a series of detailed conversations in Los Angeles, and ultimately won the right to produce the movie during a heated back-off that also included winning over Ardern’s now-husband, Clarke G

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