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A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
199428 min 25 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Mark AchbarPeter Wintonick
Production: Mark AchbarPeter WintonickAdam SymanskyDennis MurphyColin NealeFrancis Miquet
Co-produced by Necessary Illusions Productions Inc. and the NFB with the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada and in association with Vision/TV Canada, HOS Holland, YLE-TV2 Finland, NRK Norway and SBS Australia.
This video explores the background for the fighting and atrocities that took place in Cambodia and East Timor (the latter is located just north-west of Australia) between 1975 and 1978. Especially in the case of East Timor, the media neglected to cover the story and the international community did little but send arms to the Indonesian invaders. The invasion, subsequent slaughter and mass starvation of East Timor claimed over a third of its citizens. Chomsky discusses the media coverage, especially in The New York Times, and the implications of suppressing the real story. The video concludes with a plea for citizens in democracies to follow through with real action as a result of their ethical concerns.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government > AsiaDemocracyWar and Conflict
- War, Conflict and Peace > Asia
- Media and Communication > Journalism and News ReportingPortraitsSocial Issues
Credits
- director
- Mark Achbar
- Peter Wintonick
- producer
- Mark Achbar
- Peter Wintonick
- Adam Symansky
- executive producer
- Dennis Murphy
- Colin Neale
- associate producer
- Francis Miquet
- cinematography
- Francis Miquet
- Mark Achbar
- Barry Perles
- Norbert Bunge
- Ken Reeves
- Kip Durrin
- Bill Snider
- Savas Kalogeras
- Kirk Tougas
- Antonin Lhotsky
- Peter Wintonick
- sound
- Katharine Assals
- Gary Marcuse
- Leigh Crisp
- Hans Oomes
- Jacques Drouin
- Robert Silverthorne
- editing
- Peter Wintonick
- sound editing
- Katharine Assals
- animation
- Joan Churchill
- Mark Achbar
- Brian Duchscherer
- Katharine Assals
- Wendy Tilby
- music
- Carl Schultz