Stealing a Nation
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Music director Nicholas Russell-Pavier | 8.4/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast John Pilger Director John Pilger, Sean Crotty Initial release July 31, 2004 (United Kingdom) Similar movies Independence Day , A Few Good Men , Planet Terror , Standing Army , Blowin' In The Wind , Major Payne Tagline The shocking film Australian networks won't touch! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stealing a Nation is a 2004 Granada Television documentary about the British–American clandestine operation that saw the expulsion of the native Chagossian population of Diego Garcia and neighbouring islands. More than 2,000 people were exiled to Mauritius between 1967 and 1973, so that Diego Garcia could become a United States airbase (see depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago). The film contains a series of interviews with native Chagossians, who have been deprived of their right of return and forced to live in abject poverty. Stealing a Nation was written and directed by John Pilger, and produced and directed by Christopher Martin; reconstruction footage was directed by Sean Crotty.
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- Stealing a nation how the uk us stole the diego garcia island
- Reception awards and festival screenings
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Reception, awards and festival screenings
Stealing a Nation was awarded the 2004 Royal Television Society Award in the category "Single Documentary - General".
The film was screened at the United Nations Association Film Festival in October 2005.
It was given "The Chris Award" in the category "Social Issues" at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival in November 2005.
References
Stealing a Nation WikipediaStealing a Nation IMDb Stealing a Nation themoviedb.org