Balibo (2009) 6.9
War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975. Director:Robert Connolly |
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Balibo (2009) 6.9
War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975. Director:Robert Connolly |
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Bea Viegas | ... |
Juliana
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Christine Martins | ... |
Juliana's Child
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Ana Rosa Mendoça | ... |
Juliana's Child
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Mazarela Martins | ... |
Juliana's Child
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Nazário Baptista | ... |
Juliana's Child
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Michael Stone | ... |
Interviewer
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Jose Belo | ... |
Interviewer's Assistant
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Anamaria Barreto | ... |
Young Juliana
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Nick Farnell | ... |
Ken White
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| Anthony LaPaglia | ... |
Roger East
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Ella Watson-Russell | ... |
Secretary
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| Oscar Isaac | ... |
José Ramos-Horta
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| Simon Stone | ... |
Tony Maniaty
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| Thomas M. Wright | ... |
Brian Peters
(as Thomas Wright)
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Julia Pratt | ... |
Brian Peter's Girlfriend
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As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. BALIBO is a political thriller that tells the true story of crimes that have been covered up for over thirty years. Written by Balibo Film Pty Ltd
I call shenanigans on this movie!
Is it the truth revealed after thirty years, or is it a diversion from the truth, which is worse? Does it simply set the limits of 'appropriate' dissent?
Here's what John Pilger reckons. www.johnpilger.com/articles/cover-up-a-films-travesty-of-omissions He sums it up well I think.
I'm not saying everything he says is necessarily right. But he tells you where you to look for the evidence, which is something I like. He does know East Timor very well, first hand.
Make your own mind up...