Death of a Nation (1994 film)

Death of a Nation
Film title card
Also known as	Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
Written by	John Pilger
Directed by	David Munro
Starring	John Pilger
Music by	Agio Periera
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producer	David Munro
Cinematography	Bob Bolt Preston Clothier Simon Fanthorpe David Munro Max Stahl
Editor	Joe Frost
Running time	96 minutes
Production company	Carlton Television
Original release
Release	1994 (1994)

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 Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor. "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, the year in which Indonesia surrendered control of East Timor.

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)

External links

• Death of a Nation at IMDb