As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie
Acting
LaPaglia's haunted desperation; Oscar Isaac before he was famous.
Direction
Connolly refuses to sanitize the brutality—feels like classified footage.
Production
Shot in East Timor with survivors as extras.
Director
Robert Connolly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Greg Shackleton's final report was found on his body and broadcast worldwide.
Australia only officially acknowledged the killings in 2007; this film helped force that reckoning.
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