Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy

1994
1h

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Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1994)

Documentary of the events that occurred in the East Timor genocide during 1990-91.Documentary of the events that occurred in the East Timor genocide during 1990-91.Documentary of the events that occurred in the East Timor genocide during 1990-91.

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John Pilger

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Alan Clark

Self (former British Defence Minister)

James Dunn

Self (former Australian consul in East Timor)

Gareth Evans

Self (Australian Foreign Affairs Minister)

Abel Guterres

Self (Timorese exile)

José Ramos Horta

Self (Timorese Foreign Minister, in exile)

C. Philip Liechty

Self (senior CIA officer in Indonesia)

Konis Santana

Self (Commander, Timorese resistance)

Shirley Shackleton

Self (wife of murdered reporter)

Mário Soares

Self (President of Portugal)
(as Dr. Mario Soares)

Sir Alan Thomas

Self (head, British Defence Sales)

Nugroho Wisnumurti

Self (Indonesian ambassador to UN)

Richard Woolcott

Self (former Australian ambassador to Indonesia)

King Charles III

Self (stands with Suharto)
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Betty Ford

Self (arrives in Indonesia)
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Gerald Ford

Self (toasts Suharto just before Timor invasion)
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

B.J. Habibie

Self (Indonesian weapons chief)
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Archie Hamilton

Self (British Armed Forces Minister)
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- David Munro
Writer
- John Pilger
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7/10

Some more great and eye-opening reporting from Pilger

John Pilger is an absolute legend, and I don't know how I went through 25 years of my life before I heard of him. He's the perfect journalist- the kind that can give you faith that not everyone in the reporting business is swayed and controlled by, well- the 'business' side of things.

This one is 75 minutes instead of 60, as suggested here? Or maybe I watched a longer cut. Anyway it's very good, and perfectly explained a horrible series of events in a way that you can understand, even if you've never really heard about it before.

Like most of his stuff, it's heavy, sad, and a little visually flat (which holds it back, when critiqued as a documentary), but it's fantastic reporting and a good, in-depth retelling of some tragic events, so recommended for documentary fans with a strong stomach (contains many graphic photos and some pretty horrific eyewitness accounts from survivors).