Synopsis:
Filmmaker and journalist John Pilger travels to East Timor, an island 300 miles north of Australia, which was plunged into civil war in the summer of 1975. In September of that year, Indonesian troops invaded East Timor, supposedly to thwart this 'Communist uprising'. Pilger uncovers the shocking complicity of the US and Great Britain governments in the ensuing genocide - the same governments who were willing to go to war with Saddam Hussein for his invasion of Kuwait, but who stood aside as Indonesia broke the exact same UN regulations to rape and pillage East Timor using Western arms.
Awards
Won the Gold Award in the 'Political/International Issues category'
(Film & Video Production division) at Worldfest-Houston,
1994.
Certificate for Creative Excellence (third place) in the category
of 'Documentary, Current Events, Special Events', at the U.S. Film
& Video Festival in Chicago, 1994.
Silver Plaque for 'Social/Political Documentary (National)
category' at the Chicago International Film Festival, 1994.
Audience Award for Best Documentary at the International
Documentary Festival of Amsterdam, 1994.
Certificate of Merit in the category of 'Documentary -
Disputed Lands', Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco, 1995.
Synopsis:
Filmmaker and journalist John Pilger travels to East Timor, an island 300 miles north of Australia, which was plunged into civil war in the summer of 1975. In September of that year, Indonesian troops invaded East Timor, supposedly to thwart this 'Communist uprising'. Pilger uncovers the shocking complicity of the US and Great Britain governments in the ensuing genocide - the same governments who were willing to go to war with Saddam Hussein for his invasion of Kuwait, but who stood aside as Indonesia broke the exact same UN regulations to rape and pillage East Timor using Western arms.