Shooting Balibo: Blood And Memory In East Timor

Synopsis

When foreign correspondent Tony Maniaty goes back to Timor for the first time since he fled for his life thirty years before, he discovers a land of ghosts #150; some he left behind, and some he#146;s brought with him.He#146;s there to watch five young actors play out the last days of five friends of his #150; men who were murdered by the Indonesian army in one of the most infamous incidents (and cover-ups) in Australian foreign affairs. He#146;s also there to talk to some friends who survived #150; Gusmao, Ramos-Horta #150; people he knew as guerillas and who now run the country.When he arrives, past and present, fiction and fact begin to overlap#133;