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Stealing a Nation

  • TV Movie
  • 20042004
  • 56m
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Stealing a Nation (2004)
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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 o... Read allThis 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... Read allThis 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. Inde... Read all
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    • Directors
      • John Pilger
      • Sean Crotty(reconstruction director)
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      • John Pilger
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      In March 2005, Stealing a Nation was awarded Britain's most prestigious documentary prize, given by the Royal Television Society.

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    Exposing Imperious Nations
    Beware colonialist and imperious nations!

    If you think you will be able to commit theft, murder, and oppression under the guise of your fabricated laws without being called out, think again. John Pilger has locked onto the scent of such nations for decades and he is now bringing our attention to a little island called Diego Garcia. It is a tiny island part of the Chagos Islands archipelago. In "Stealing a Nation" Pilger documents how Britain and America worked together to displace a couple thousand Chagossians and left them poor and homeless. I appreciate Pilger giving his attention to the plight of such a small number of people especially compared to his other works focusing on all of Latin America, or Afghanistan, or Palestine. It may seem like a trifle, and one diplomat/talking head pretty much said it was, but uprooting people from their homes is plain wrong and it's the act of a despot. But nooooo, we'd never say that about the democratic republics of the U. S. and Britain.
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      • July 31, 2004 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stealing a Nation: Truth and lies in the war on terror
    • Filming locations
      • Mauritius
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      • ITV - Independent Television
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