Xanana Gusmão
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East Timor: The Dream of the Crocodile
Overview: This beautifully shot and high quality documentary tells the incredible tale of East Timor's struggle for self-government.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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A Barefoot Dream
Overview: After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up, retired pro soccer player Kim Won-kang happens to visit East Timor, where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches. Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesn't have a single sporting goods store, he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters. Sadly, no one there can afford to pay $60 for a pair of shoes, even on a generous installment plan, and before he knows it, he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10-year-olds and prospects are looking grim. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-06-24
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Where the Sun Rises
Overview: The President of East Timor (Timor-Leste), Xanana Gusmao, takes us on a breathtaking and intimate journey. Revelations from the 24-year Resistance against Indonesian occupation, to the present-day challenges of the world's youngest nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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The Diplomat
Overview: For 24 years East Timor's freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos Horta campaigned to secure independence for his country, a Portuguese colony invaded by Indonesia in 1975. The Diplomat takes up Ramos Horta's story in the final dramatic stages of his long journey - the fall of Indonesia's President Suharto, the referendum to determine East Timor's future, the overwhelming vote for independence, the devastating carnage that ensued, the intervention of United Nations peacekeepers, and Ramos Horta's final triumphant return to his homeland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-17
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