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The Screen Guide

This is a rare story of an Indigenous people successfully taking up arms against the ecological devastation of their lands by a multinational mining company and the government that stood to profit from it. The only coverage of the struggle for independence on the island of Bougainville, this multi-award winning documentary smuggles into the world of this besieged people, cut off from all humanitarian aid and invisible to Western media, their only resource is their fight for independence and the power to preserve their culture and environment.

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Production Details

Production Completion
1998
Genre
Drama, History and national identity
Production Company
Ipso-Facto Productions

Sales

International Sales
Ipso-Facto Productions

Selected Awards & Festivals

  • Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival
    (2000)
  • John Hopkins Film Festival
    (2000)
  • Zanzibar International Film Festival
    (1999)
  • Wild Spaces International Environmental Film Festival
    (1999)
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
    (1999)
  • New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
    (1999)
  • Kelibia International Festival of Amateur Film
    (1999)
  • Elektrozine Ibiza
    (1999)
  • Houston International Film and Video Festival
    (1999)
  • Hawaii International Film Festival
    (1999)
  • Worldfest Flagstaff International Film Festival
    (1999)
  • International Festival of Cinema and Video
    (1999)
  • Banff World Television Festival
    (1999)
  • Wild Spaces International Environmental Film Festival
    (1998)
  • St Kilda Film Festival
    (1998)
  • Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
    (1998)
  • John Hopkins Film Festival
    (1998)
  • INTERCOM - International Communication Film & Video Festival
    (1998)
  • Worldfest Flagstaff International Film Festival
    (1998)
  • Bathurst Film and Video Festival
    (1998)
  • International Short Film/Video Festival - Antalya
    (1998)