Forgotten Bird of Paradise (2009)

Directed by

Dominic Brown

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

27 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the fight for independence in West Papua. It was filmed secretly and shows interviews with people affected by human rights abuses and separatist fighters.

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What happens

Forgotten Bird of Paradise is a 2009 documentary film directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle for independence being fought in the Indonesian region of West Papua. The film was shot undercover, and includes interviews with human rights victims and political prisoners, as well as footage of separatist guerrillas at their jungle stronghold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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