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FILMS:

Cold blood: The Massacre at East Timor / directed by Max Stahl and Peter A. Gordon, for Yorkshire TV.
White Plains, NY: East Timor Action Network/US, 1992
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 55 min.

Documentary on the history and current situation of the Timorese people. Includes interviews of survivors of the massacres that have occurred since 1975 at the hands of the Indonesians.

East Timor: Turning a blind eye / produced by Paper Tiger TV ; made by Christine W. Cheng, Lyell Davies, Jessie Drew, Jessica Glass, Naomi Wilson.
New York: Paper Tiger TV; White Plains, NY: East Timor Action Network (distributor), 1993
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 30 min.

Discusses the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia and the massacre of over 200,000 people. Features interviews with Elizabeth Exposto, Amy Goodman, Allan Nairn, Constancio Pinto, Danilo Henriques, Tom Hyland and Charles Scheiner.

Kofi Annan: Center of the storm / a co-production of David Grubin Productions and Thirteen/WNET New York; written, photographed and directed by David Grubin.
[New York, N.Y.?]: PBS Home Video, 2003
1 videocassette (VHS); color, with black & white sequences; sound; 90 min.

Filmmaker David Grubin follows United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on his missions in 2002, including his trip to East Timor to declare its independence. Includes film footage of Annan in meetings, as well as interviews with politicians and diplomats.

One struggle, one change = Satu perlawanan, satu perubahan / produced by Maria Luisa Mendoca. (SRLF)
[Jakarta?]: M.L. Mendoca, 1998
1 videodisc (VCD); color; sound; 30 min.; chiefly in English, some interviews in Indonesian and Javanese with English subtitles

Featuring interviews with pro-democracy advocates, East Timorese, labor organizers, students, and workers who speak out about life under the Soeharto regime in Indonesia. This documentary captures the political climate through the voices of those long silenced.

"Sometimes I must speak out strongly": Carlos Ximenes Belo, Bishop of East Timor / a Gillian film in association with Intervision Production; written, produced and directed by Max Stahl. (SRLF)
New York, NY: Filmakers Library (distributor), [1997]
1 videocassette (VHS); color, with black & white sequences; sound; 52 min.; in English and Portuguese, with English subtitles

This documentary traces the history of East Timor since its annexation by Indonesia in 1975. Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos Horta struggle with conflicting imperatives in the face of a holocaust that killed about a third of the population.

Viva Timor Lorosae: The Untold story of east Timor's struggle for independence / Lyndal Barry; Sophie Barry.
University of California Center for Media and Independent Learning (distributor), 2001
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 56 min.

Rare and unique footage is used to document East Timor's struggle for liberation. For twenty-five years a small group of men and women operated as a guerilla force known as Falantil, a Portuguese acronym for the National Liberation Forces of an Independent East Timor, and kept the Indonesian army on the run. The film shows the Falantil one year before the United Nations referendum on East Timor's independence, the group's actions after the vote and during the Indonesian-sponsored violence and massacres that followed. The film also examines how the turmoil and destruction affected the lives of ordinary people in Dili, East Timor's capital.

Women on patrol / a film by Barry Lank; director-cinematographer, Barry Lank; narration written by Erna Buffie. (SRLF)
[Montreal]: National Film Board of Canada, 2004
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 54 min.

Two women police officers face enormous challenges on their nine-month tour of duty as part of the United Nations Civilian Police in East Timor. Stationed amid the aftermath of horrifying violence and genocide, these women adapt to a new culture and gain the trust of frightened communities while performing perilous and heartbreaking police work.

Xanana / directed by Louise Crowe and Bruce Dynan.
[White Plains, NY : East Timor Action Network/US, 1993]
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 30 min.

Story of the life of Xanana Gusmão, who gave up his family and normal life to be active in the Timor resistance to Indonesian rule.

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