There she is, constantly, having her voice heard while drawing an excellent wage as a member of parliament. That phone call never came.” Unforgivable!īut there she was, the day after a radio station’s intolerable snub, having her voice heard while addressing a large crowd (“I receive all of your love”) at a public rally in Auckland. I excused myself and said I was available anytime by phone. “I also knew I had a group of friends – all women of colour – distraught and desperate for support, waiting for me in the backyard at Coco’s Cantina. The programme dragged on Ghahraman left in disgust. Ahead of her were other politicians, “all Pākehā”. Ghahraman writes about “waiting for an hour or so” in a radio office the night of the attacks for an opportunity to comment on the killings. One of the reasons she was so angry? She had been denied a voice. And it helps so much.” She writes, “I walked down from that makeshift stage to a flood of warm hugs and tears and shared truths.” “I receive all of your love,” she told the crowd. I was speaking with a voice I had never heard myself use, and without inhibition.” The stage, as they say, is set. My arms were either spread open or on my hips for much of my speech, though these aren’t natural gestures for me. The director provides dramatic backlighting for the star: “I was angry and I didn’t mask it. Know Your Place presents monologues within monologues, as she cuts and pastes her extremely long maiden speech (yes, all maiden speeches are extremely long, but some feel more extremely longer than others) and also includes the speech she made at a vigil in Auckland immediately following the Christchurch mosque attacks. The revolution will be served with tapas.Įvery memoir is a monologue. Know Your Place is the film Golriz Ghahraman has made of herself, as the director and the star, winning arguments, resolving issues, brave, principled, resourceful, a campaigner at home on the world stage but adept, too, on the mean streets of K Rd and its revolutionary hub, Coco’s Cantina. Steve Braunias: Everyone is the hero of their memoir. Reviews of the memoir of Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, and the love story of National Party MP Chris Penk. ReadingRoom Books of the Week: Braunias on Ghahraman, Cormack on Penk
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