Mister Organ documentary profiles Auckland car clamp operator

Mister Organ, a documentary by Auckland journalist David Farrier, examines the operations of Michael Organ and his shop, Bashford Antiques. The film details Organ's practice of clamping vehicles in his Ponsonby lot and demanding fees of up to $760 for their release. Farrier initially reported on these aggressive clamping tactics for The Spinoff. According to The Verge, that article contributed to the government introducing legislation in response to the issue. The documentary portrays Organ as conducting an intimate campaign of terror against those who enter his life. While the film does not reach the societal horror of The Act of Killing or the gruesomeness of Beware the Slenderman, it presents a deeply unsettling portrait of its subject.