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.
Direction
Brière turns personal mission into political indictment.
Editing
Raw footage meets bureaucratic stonewalling — devastating contrast.
Director
Elaine Brière
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when East Timor was still under Indonesian occupation; Canada officially recognized Indonesian sovereignty until 1999 independence vote.
Brière smuggled footage out under diplomatic noses — some of the only visual evidence of village destruction reaching Western audiences.
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