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Stealing A Nation.
The sorry plight of the people of the Chagos Islands and their "crown" territory, Diego Garcia, is not new to New African readers. What is new are the intricate details of the conspiracy by the British and American governments to steal the islands from their African inhabitants, which have now been uncovered and put on film and in a new book by one of the great journalists of the modern era, John Pilger. On 21 September this year, a weeklong "John Pilger Film Festival" ended at the Barbican in London to much acclaim. Most people who watched the 12 films on show, (the most hard-hitting and inspirational political films made by Pilger), came out shaking their heads at the scandalous nature with which power is exercised by the high and mighty of this world. Among the 12 films, Stealing A Nation, Pilger's work on the appalling story of the Chagos Islands, which had been hidden from the public by successive British and American governments, stood out like a shining beacon.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The film festival also coincided with the release on DVD by Network (a British-based company) of Pilger's 12 films. Titled, John Pilger--Documentaries that Changed the World, this four-disc package is a must-see by everybody who cares about the future of the world. When you next hear British and American officials thunder about democracy and human rights, show them a copy of Stealing A Nation. But first, a word about John Pilger. He grew up in Sydney, Australia, and later moved to the UK in the 1960s. A recipient of 19 awards, including the UN Media Peace Prize and most recently the Royal Television Society's award for Best Documentary, Pilger is a world-renowned journalist, author of nine books and respected factual filmmaker. He began his career in 1958 in his native Australia, before moving to Lon...See the full content of this document
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