| Title |
Balibo |
| Copyright Title |
Balibo |
| Released |
2009 |
| Production Year |
2008 |
| Director |
Robert Connolly
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| Countries of Production |
Australia,
East Timor |
| Comments |
Balibo is a tragic and powerful film at the same time. It gives us the insight of what happened in East Timor and what a nightmare that those five young journalists had to experience. The film create a suspense emotion to the audience with every scene between the journalists and the Indonesian soldiers. The film also gives us the audience Roger East's point of view and how determined he was to conclude the mystery of those five young journalists. It is a deeply moving and dramatic but also intense at the same time |
| Synopsis |
A tense political thriller, BALIBO recreates events surrounding the shooting of five Australian journalists during Indonesia's invasion of East Timor in 1975. BALIBO is told through the eyes of a sixth Australian, Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia), who is lured to East Timor by Jose Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) to investigate the truth behind the death of the five men. BALIBO is the first feature film to be made in the newly independent Timor-Leste of which Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jose Ramos-Horta is President.
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| web - Balibo ban : Indonesian scribes to appeal Balibo ban . 14-01-2010 |
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Adam Gartrell
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| Indonesian journalists will appeal the country's decision to ban the Australian film Balibo[full record]
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| web - Balibo Film banned in Indonesia : Balibo Film banned in Indonesia . 02-12-2009 |
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Geoff Thompson
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| The Indonesian Government has banned the screening of Australian movie Balibo. Not only did the Government ban this screenng but it has also informed the cit...[full record]
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| web - Behind the Banning : Behind 'Balibo' And Its Banning . 17-12-2009 |
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Wendy Bruere
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| Dr. Clinton Fernandes talks about the the film, the reason why Indonesian's Government ban the film, and the impact the film could give to the Indonesian cit...[full record]
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| newspaper - Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia The Age. 03-08-2009. p.16 |
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Jake Wilson
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| The collaborative project between Joris Ivens and John Hughes has Raised conflict with the Dutch government. Despite Hughes being reknown as a major contribu...[full record]
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| web - Indonesian Government response : 'Balibo' ban will not hurt Indonesia The Jakarta Post. 03-12-2009 |
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Lilian Budianto
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| The Indonesian government anticipates an International backlash over its recent ban on the screening of the movie Balibo, but expects this will not hurt Jaka...[full record]
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| book - Shooting Balibo . 01-06-2009 |
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Tony Maniaty
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| In 1975, journalist Tony Maniaty flew to the Portuguese colony of East Timor looking for a war to film. He found it at a dusty outpost called Balibo.
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| Banned In Indonesia |
The Indonesian Government has banned the screening of Australian movie Balibo. Not only did the Government ban this screening but it has also informed the city's international film festival that it doesn't have permission to show the movie.
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