Stealing a Nation
| Stealing a Nation | |
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Chagossian Creole Mauritian Creole | |
| Production | |
| Producers | Christopher Martin Polly Bide |
| Cinematography | Preston Clothier |
| Editor | Joe Frost |
| Running time | 56 minutes |
| Production company | Carlton Television |
| Original release | |
| Release | 2004 |
Stealing a Nation is a 2004
depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago). 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.[1][2]
Reception, awards and festival screenings
Stealing a Nation was awarded the 2004 Royal Television Society Award in the category "Single Documentary - General".[3]
The film was screened at the United Nations Association Film Festival in October 2005.[4]
It was given the Chris Award in the Social Issues category at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival in November 2005.[5]
References
- ^ "Stealing a Nation". Bullfrog Films. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Stealing a Nation". johnpilger.com. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Programme Awards Winners 2004 Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine", rts.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "8th United Nations Association Film Festival", unaff.org. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "The 53rd Annual Chris Awards Columbus International Film & Video Festival 2005", columbusfilmcouncil.org. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
External links
- Stealing a Nation on Vimeo
- Stealing a Nation at Top Documentary Films
- Stealing a Nation at AllMovie
- Stealing a Nation at IMDb
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