Stealing a Nation (2004)
- Directed by
- John Pilger
- Genre
- documentary film, documentary television film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rating
- 8.3 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This documentary investigates the forced removal of the Chagossian people from their islands in the Indian Ocean. It shows through interviews how they were expelled so the United States could build a military base. The film focuses on the injustice and ongoing suffering of the displaced population.
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What happens
Stealing a Nation is a 2004 Granada Television documentary about the British–American clandestine operation that saw the expulsion of the Chagossian population who have lived on Diego Garcia and neighbouring islands since the late 18th century. More than 2,000 people were forcefully relocated to Mauritius between 1967 and 1973, so that Diego Garcia could become a United States military airbase. The film contains a series of interviews with 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 Australian journalist John Pilger, and produced and directed by Christopher Martin; reconstruction footage was directed by Sean Crotty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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