Bougainville
- "Our Island, Our Fight"
Bougainville “Our
Island, Our Fight” is
a powerful documentary about an indigenous people taking
up arms for Independence to protect their culture and
stop the ecological devastation of their lands.
This Multi Award Winning Documentary is one of the last
Wars for independence, it smuggles us into the world
of this besieged people. Cut off from all humanitarian
aid and invisible to Western media, their only resource
is their resolve to fight for independence in an attempt
to preserve their culture and environment.
This is the only
documentary of the longest war in the South Pacific.
A war which killed 20 000 people just two hours from
Australia.
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