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Stealing a Nation

"The shocking film Australian networks won't touch!"

2004-07-31
8.3
en 56m
Documentary
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal island of this Crown Colony, Diego Garcia, to the Americans who wanted it as a major military base. Indeed, from Diego Garcia US planes have since bombed Afghanistan and Iraq. The story is told by islanders who were dumped in the slums of Mauritius and in the words of the British officials who left a 'paper trail' of what the International Criminal Court now describes as 'a crime against humanity'

Director

John Pilger

Director

Sean Crotty

Writer

John Pilger

Music

Nicholas Russell-Pavier

Cinematography

Preston Clothier

Editor

Joe Frost

military base imperialism

Status

Released

Countries

  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • United Kingdom

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