Stealing a Nation
Release Date: 2004-07-31
Overview: 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'
Rating: 8.3 / 10
Cast
John Pilger
as Himself
Crew
-
John Pilger - Director
-
Joe Frost - Editor
-
Zubin Sarosh - Sound Recordist
-
Sean Crotty - Director
-
Preston Clothier - Cinematography
Reviews
No reviews available.
Similar Movies
De Gaulle, l'homme à abattre
View Details
Intercepted
View Details
Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
View Details
Toxic Sunset
View Details
Homes Apart: Korea
View Details
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
View Details
The Women Outside
View Details
Stealing Africa
View Details
Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
View Details
Blowin' In The Wind
View Details
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man
View Details
Conversations with Turiansky
View Details
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
View Details
Grenada: Confronting the Past
View Details
Propaganda
View Details
Standing Army
View Details
Iran: The Hundred Year War
View Details
The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin
View Details
Muerte al invasor
View Details