Balibo (film)

Balibo is a 2009 Australian war film that follows the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed whilst reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. The film is loosely based on the book CoverUp, by Jill Jolliffe, an Australian journalist who met the men before they were killed.

The story is seen through the eyes of veteran journalist Roger East. Introduced as a oncefearless foreign correspondent now working in PR in Darwin, East is drawn to East Timor by Jos RamosHorta, of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor then the fledgling republics charismatic young secretary of foreign affairs. Initially refusing to become involved, East changes his tune after RamosHorta shows him photos of five Australian TV reporters missing in the border town of Balibo.Vignettes then show Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Malcolm Rennie, Brian Peters and Tony Stewart, all under 30, saying goodbye to loved ones and setting out on their assignments a month earlier. ........

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