Review of Stealing a Nation (2004) by Bill B — 16 Nov 2007
More Pilger.
This film's about the brutal Anglo-American eviction of the Chagos islanders, shipped off to slums in a foriegn land so that the Brits could make a present of their former home to the yanks, for use an airbase.
Just watch it - it provides a valuable insight, for anyone still in any doubt whatsoever, into the ruthlessly cynical and vicious mindset of those in government who presume theirs is a position of power, rather than servitude. As usual, Pilger manages to interview some of the world's more loathesome politicians, and by being polite to them allows them to demonstrate to the world just how shamelessly bent they really are. The little grins which flicker across their mouths as they dissemble tells us far more about the way the world works than any amount of measured, dispassionate, well-researched factual exposition, though there's plenty of that too.
This review of Stealing a Nation (2004) was written by Bill B on 16 Nov 2007.
Stealing a Nation has generally received mixed reviews.
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