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This beautifully shot and high quality documentary tells the incredible tale of East Timor's struggle for self-government.

A documentary produced by Amy Goodman and journalist Allan Nairn on the Santa Cruz massacre and the history of Indonesian and US involvement in the Southeast Asian nation.

The political journey of Canadian photographer Elaine Brière from the villages of East Timor to the halls of the United Nations in an effort to find out Ottawa's rational for abandoning the tiny nation of East Timor to corporate interests in Indonesia.

In 2000 I went to East Timor as a volunteer aid worker with the Australian NGO Timor Aid, after the Indonesian government had torched the capitol Dili, and other parts of the island, and after murdering many of them, left the East Timorese to their own devices with no food, medicine or infrastructure but a lot of optimism, good will and plans despite their years of suffering. After some weeks I caught dengue fever and was flown out to Darwin. This is my fractured fever memory of Timor and its people in ruins shot on super eight film, a lot of it while riding a bicycle.

Buried Alive exposes some of the ugly truths about the nature of Western Democracy, the world media and third world colonialism. But the story of East Timor also presents the potential for individuals to effect change. The history of East Timor from its time as a Portuguse colony, rise of Fretilin Party, declaration of independence, civil war, desertion by Portugal and the rest of the world and invasion by Indonesia. Shows the struggle of Jose Remos-Horta to draw attention and support at the United Nations for the plight of East Timor.

In 1975, after 460 years of Portuguese rule, Fretilin, the revolutionary front for an independent East Timor, declared independence for the small nation. Ten days later Indonesia invaded. Fretilin, and the resistance army...

As the nation of East Timor reclaims its independence, Osme Gonsalves continues a war within himself. Osme Gonsalves is an eccentric performance artist who is deeply frustrated by his young nation’s political apathy. So he creates a fictional alter-ego as a roving TV reporter called “Rambo Marabunta” to interrogate his fellow citizens’ disenchantment with politics in a country he fought for during its past occupation. “Rambo” quickly gains notoriety on social media and catches the attention of a major national TV station, as he hopes to define a new voice for the future of a nation – in East Timor’s first reality TV show.

Aisyah just graduated. She lives in Ciwidey, West Java, a religious village near a tea plantation, with her mother and younger brother. Her father had died a few years ago. She wants to be a teacher. One day, she gets a call from the foundation where she enrolled: she gets her wish fulfilled at the location that she never knows: Derok, North Middle Timor District. From the beginning she feels like a "foreigner". The local people mistake her as Sister Maria, just because she wears a veil like a sister. The people is expecting the arrival of Sister Maria as a teacher in the village. This isolated village is without electricity and cellular signals. The new environment, the different tradition and religion make Aisyah giddy. Fortunately there is Pedro (Arie Kriting) who makes the problems easy. She must face the hatred of one of his student, Lordis Defam. Through the chief, she understand that she is a Muslim who is considered an enemy by Lordis Defam who is a catholic

As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie

Back to Timor follows the journey of four Kiwi military veterans who return to East Timor 25 years after serving as peacekeepers there. The big question for them - did they make a difference?

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Short documentary featuring members of the LGBTI community in Timor-Leste and their allies sharing their personal stories.

A festive day in the Timorense community stranded in the Jamor Valley. A partisan who came from Timor and his story. A look at an abandoned people.