Bloodshot:The Dreams and Nightmares of East Timor
Director Peter A Gordon
Countries United Kingdom, Timor-Leste
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
In 1991 Peter A Gordon made an undercover documentary on an island under occupation.. It changed the course of a nation - and led to extraordinary changes in the lives of his crew His researcher fell in love with and married the guerrilla who is now Prime Minister and his cameraman filmed a massacre and is a national hero. Has the harsh reality of Independence been worth the sacrifices made by the crew and the thousands who died? With unique access to the principle players BLOODSHOT is the profoundly moving human story of the individuals at the heart of a bloody revolution and of a nation still in the process of healing where justice sometimes is sacrificed for reconciliation.
In 1991 Peter A Gordon made an undercover documentary on an island under occupation.. It changed the course of a nation - and led to extraordinary changes in the lives of his crew His researcher fell in love with and married the guerrilla who is now Prime Minister and his cameraman filmed a massacre and is a national hero. Has the harsh reality of Independence been worth the sacrifices made by the crew and the thousands who died? With unique access to the principle players BLOODSHOT is the profoundly moving human story of the individuals at the heart of a bloody revolution and of a nation still in the process of healing where justice sometimes is sacrificed for reconciliation.