Death of a Nation (1994 film)

Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy is a 1994 Central Independent Television documentary, written and presented by John Pilger, and directed and produced by David Munro, which documents the involvement of Western governments in the occupation of East Timor in the context of the 1990-91 Gulf War. "Accusations of genocide fly in this disturbing and controversial British documentary," writes Sandra Brennan of Allmovie, as well as, "disturbing accusations regarding the complacency of the U.S., British, and Australian governments who purportedly knew about the killing and did nothing." An updated version of the film entitled The Timor Conspiracy was released in 1999.[1][2]

Death of a Nation:
The Timor Conspiracy
Film title card
Directed byDavid Munro
Produced byDavid Munro
Written byJohn Pilger
StarringJohn Pilger
Music byAgio Periera
CinematographyBob Bolt
Preston Clothier
Simon Fanthorpe
David Munro
Max Stahl
Edited byJoe Frost
Production
company
Running time
96 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Participants
  • Alan Clark - former British Defence Minister
  • James Dunn - former Australian consul in East Timor
  • Gareth Evans - Australian Foreign Affairs Minister
  • Abel Guterres - Timorese exile
  • José Ramos Horta - Timorese Foreign Minister, in exile
  • C. Philip Liechty - senior CIA officer in Indonesia
  • Konis Santana - Commander, Timorese resistance
  • Shirley Shackleton - wife of murdered reporter
  • Mário Soares - President of Portugal
  • Sir Alan Thomas - head, British Defence Sales
  • Nugroho Wisnumurti - Indonesian ambassador to UN
  • Richard Woolcott - former Australian ambassador to Indonesia

Awards
  • 1994 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival Zapper Award: David Munro (Won)

References
  1. "Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy". johnpilger.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  2. "The Timor Conspiracy". johnpilger.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
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